Patent ID: 7884271

Claim:
A system for coupling with a plurality of strings of a piano and with a sound bridge, wherein the piano includes a plurality of tuning pins and a plurality of hitch pins, each string being coupled to one of the plurality of hitch pins and to one of the plurality of tuning pins, and extending therebetween, and wherein the piano includes a sound board coupled to the sound bridge, the system comprising: a depressor member having an elongated body portion with a first end and a second end; a first contact member; a second contact member; and a support member including a base portion, a first side portion extending from the base portion and a second side portion extending from the base portion, the first side portion and the second side portion being spaced apart from each other by the base portion, the base portion couplable to a surface, the first side portion couplable with the first end of the depressor member and the second side portion couplable with the second end of the depressor member to extend the depressor member between the first side portion and the second side portion when the depressor member is coupled to the support member, the base portion and the first contact member defining a first adjoining portion and the base portion and the second contact member defining a second adjoining portion, the first adjoining portion including at least one recess therein to define at least two spring portions resiliently connecting the base portion and the first contact member together and the second adjoining portion including at least one recess therein to define at least two spring portions resiliently connecting the base portion and the second contact member together to flexibly couple the support member with the first contact member and the second contact member and to position a location of contact by the depressor member with one or more of the plurality of strings between positions of contact with the one or more strings by the first contact member and by the second contact member when the one or more of the plurality of strings are coupled with the system.