Patent ID: 7842868

Claim:
A stringed instrument neck structure adjusting arrangement including: a bending member, one end of which is configured to be connected, in use, to a body and/or neck structure of the stringed instrument, wherein the instrument is formed of at least two members forming a shell in which the neck structure adjusting arrangement is fitted within said shell; the bending member configured to be moveable relative to a free end of the neck structure of the stringed instrument, and an adjustment device located at or adjacent a free end of the bending member remote from the body, the adjustment device configured to adjust a position of the bending member relative to the neck structure in a plane substantially perpendicular to a main axis of the neck structure, thereby providing a force in a direction substantially perpendicular to the bending member and adjusting curvature of the neck structure, wherein a gap separates the bending member from the neck structure.