Patent ID: 7863508
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
1. A string alignment plate designed so that it causes that portion of a string from the nut in the head region of a stringed musical instrument to stay in-line or parallel with that portion of the same string that extends from the bridge to the nut comprising: a. a solid cylindrical peg, with a top that is of greater diameter than the body, an end opposite the top; b. a truss rod cover or similar plate with a top face and bottom face opposite the top face; and c. wherein the end opposite the top of the solid cylindrical peg is affixed perpendicularly to the top face of said truss rod cover or similar plate in such a position that when the plate is affixed onto the head of an instrument, a string going from the nut to the solid cylindrical peg remains in-line or parallel with that portion of the same string that extends from the bridge to the nut, the string then curves around the solid cylindrical peg to a tuning peg or machine.