Patent ID: 7622663

Claim:
A position training device for musical instrument instruction comprising: an instrument component comprising a main instrument shaft oriented along a main instrument axis and having a proximal end and a distal end, a chin piece attached to the proximal end of the main instrument shaft, and an instrument orthotic grip attached to the distal end of the main instrument shaft and oriented along the main instrument axis, the instrument orthotic grip having an index finger depression, a middle finger depression, a ring finger depression, and a pinkie finger depression formed thereon; and a bow component comprising a main bow shaft oriented along a main bow axis and having a first end and a second end, a bow orthotic grip attached to the first end of the main bow shaft and oriented along the main bow axis, the bow orthotic grip having an index finger depression, a middle finger depression, a ring finger depression, and a pinkie finger depression formed thereon, and a bow tip piece attached to the second end of the main bow shaft; wherein the bow component can be moved substantially perpendicularly relative to the instrument component in order to simulate the playing of a stringed musical instrument.