Patent ID: 8222505

Claim:
A string bouncing bar for striking strings of a stringed musical instrument, comprising: an elongate bar body having a distal end and a proximal end; a striking head at the distal end of the bar body and formed integrally and of the same material as a material of said bar body, said striking head having a longitudinally extending string striking surface with a length of 0.25 to 1.6 inches, said striking head and its striking surface extending generally along a plane; and a grip located at the proximal end of the bar body and including a bulb portion and a generally flattened web located between and joining the bulb portion and the bar body, said web extending in plane parallel to the plane of the striking head, said web having a thickness dimension sufficiently small to fit and be held between adjoining fingers of a player's hand using the bar to strike the strings of the musical instrument.