Patent ID: 7645926
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: G10D,G10H

Abstract:
1. A stringed musical instrument combination of two traditional stringed musical instruments generally having at least a body and neck comprising: a first stringed musical instrument comprising the structure of a preexisting stringed musical instrument and a second stringed musical instrument configuration comprising: a neck adaptor adaptive to and affixed to the back of said first stringed musical instrument neck; a second finger board affixed to said neck adaptor; second finger board face fretted or unfretted as dictated by said second musical instrument configuration affixed to said second finger board; a nut affixed to said second finger board distal to said first stringed musical instrument body; a second head section adaptive to and affixed to said first stringed musical instrument head adaptive to receive pegs; a peg for each string; a recurve nut mounted in said second head between said nut and said pegs in a position to create and over and under path for the strings between the nut and pegs; a bridge mounted on the back of said first stringed musical instrument at a predetermined position its distance from said nut defining the free playing length of said strings; a string anchor affixed to the back of said first stringed musical instrument opposite said neck; the back of said first stringed musical instrument body defining at least one sounding hole and further defining a reduced area to accommodate reducing the angle of said second finger board relative to said preexisting stringed musical instrument's finger board; and said strings are connected to their respective string anchors and stretched across their respective bridges and nuts by tension created by its respective peg manipulated to create the desired tone tension.