Patent ID: 6297435
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A combination of a stringed musical instrument having a bridge, and a slide; said bridge having a set of pinnacles having tops and interposed valleys between the pinnacles, the tops of said pinnacles being located in a straight line and receiving the strings of the instrument thereon to place the strings in a flat plane in the area adjacent to one side of the bridge when the strings are drawn taut over the bridge; said slide having a bar for contacting said strings, and having a ring assembled to said bar for receiving the finger of a user, for positioning the bar on said strings in said area adjacent to said bridge, and for moving the bar along said strings adjacent said bridge, as desired, wherein said bar has a transverse hole therein, said ring has a post pivotally received in said hole, said post has a circumferential groove, said bar has a threaded hole transverse to said post, and a retainer threaded into said threaded hole and engaging said circumferential groove to retain said ring assembled to said bar.