Patent ID: 8969691
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G09B,G10D

Abstract:
1. A support for assisting a player to learn to play a stringed instrument with a body including a shoulder and a neck attached to the body near the shoulder comprising: an upper portion including an area contoured for receiving a portion of the neck of the instrument; a lower portion; a proximal side sized and shaped to fit onto a part of the shoulder where the neck attaches to the body; and a distal side with a notch for receiving an attachment mechanism and that has a size and shape similar to the part of the shoulder covered by the proximal side of the support when the support is attached to the instrument, wherein the support extends out from the body along the neck and is sized such that a distance from the proximal side to the distal side of the support is approximately a distance between a location on the neck where a player's hand should be located for playing in first position and a location on the neck where a player's hand should be located for playing in third position.