Patent ID: 7465858
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A stringed musical instrument including a body with a neck secured thereto and over which are stretched substantially parallel strings, each tensioned to a specified musical pitch, each string being stretched laterally over said neck and upper face portions of said body and over a bridge mounted on said upper face of said body and between a tuning key disposed on a head at a distal end of said neck and an initial point of termination on said upper face of said body with said bridge disposed intermediate between said keys and said initial points of termination, said strings extending to final points of securement on said body through channels in said body for each of said strings, said strings extending downwardly from said initial points of termination and then laterally over a dense non-displaceable curvelinear surface, and thereafter upwardly to said final points of terminal securement on said body whereby said strings are thereby lengthened in order to subject each of said strings to greater tension for said specified musical pitch.