Patent ID: 6444886
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A musical instrument comprising a body portion, a neck portion connected with and extending from said body portion, a head portion connected with said neck portion, said head portion having a front side and a rear side, a plurality of strings which are connected with said body portion and extend along neck portion to said head portion, a plurality of string posts, each of said strings of said plurality of strings being connected with one of said string posts of said plurality of string posts at a location adjacent to said front side of said head portion, each of said string posts having a central axis which extends transverse to said front and rear sides of said head portion, said central axes of said string posts being disposed in one plane which extends transverse to said front and rear sides of said head portion, and actuators which are connected with said string posts and are manually rotatable to rotate said string posts about the central axes of said string posts to adjust tension in said strings, a first plurality of said actuators extend in a first direction from a first group of said string posts and a second plurality of said actuators extend in a second direction from a second group of said string posts.