Patent ID: 9190035
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G09B,G10D

Abstract:
1. A string instrument bow guide comprising: an arc shaped first insert and an arc shaped second insert, each of the first and second inserts having an interior face and an exterior face spaced apart from the interior face, a top side and a bottom side spaced apart from the top side by an insert thickness; wherein each of the first insert and the second insert is selectively fitted to one of a pair of bouts in a string instrument; wherein the second insert is disposed more proximal an E string of the string instrument than the first insert; a pair of spaced apart holes disposed through the top side and into each insert thickness; and a pair of u-shaped memory strands, each memory strand having an arced portion and a pair of spaced apart outer ends, one of each outer end fitted into one of the holes of each of the first insert and the second insert, respectively; wherein the memory strands tension the first insert toward the second insert to selectively hold the first and second inserts within the bouts; wherein the memory strands are parallel to each other; wherein the memory strands are supported above a highway of the string instrument; an E string cutout disposed in the second insert, wherein the second insert is configured to provide an interference free draw of a bow across the E string.