Patent ID: 7154032

Claim:
A string attachment system for securing a string to a stringed musical instrument, the string attachment system comprising: a bridge pin having an elongate stem defining an outer surface, the stem being adapted for longitudinal insertion into a pin hole defined by the walls of a walled opening provided through a bridge assembly disposed on the body of a stringed musical instrument, wherein the bridge pin is in removable mating engagement with the walls when disposed through the pin hole; the stem being formed to define a passage extending transversely through the stem from a front entry point disposed on the outer surface, to a rear exit point disposed on an opposing portion of the outer surface, the bridge pin being adaptable to receive an end of a musical string through the front entry point, through the passage, and out through the rear exit point to enable the string to pass through the bridge pin and into the pin hole along with the stem of the bridge pin; the stem further comprising a longitudinally disposed rear groove defined by a portion of the outer surface and formed by two planar walls intersecting to form a v-shaped groove for receiving a string in the groove along the walls, the rear groove extending from the rear exit point, longitudinally away from rear exit point to provide a seat for portions of the string disposed between the bridge pin and the walled opening that defines the pin hole; and wherein an end of a string can be frictionally secured and fixed to the musical instrument as the bridge pin is inserted into the pin hole to urge and force the string between a portion of the walls of the walled opening and the seat formed by the rear groove of the stem.