Patent ID: 8383922
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for attachment to the soundboard of a stringed musical instrument for limiting the picking depth, comprising: a) a plurality of mounting legs each having a head adapted for affixing to a soundboard of a stringed musical instrument and an elongated shaft disposed perpendicularly to and extending away from said head, said elongated shaft having a diameter and a plurality circumferentially disposed, resilient, spaced-apart ribs or flanges disposed therealong; and b) a thin, resilient plate having a shape chosen from the group: a rectangle, and a trapezoid disposed between a lower surface of a group of strings of said stringed musical instrument and a soundboard thereof, said thin, resilient plate being disposed substantially parallel to said soundboard and having a width, and a through hole disposed proximate at least each corner of said thin, resilient plate, each of said through holes having a diameter chosen to accept said elongated shaft and said resilient, spaced apart ribs or flanges therein, thereby adjustably securing said thin, resilient plate to each of said plurality of mounting legs.