Patent ID: 8889974

Claim:
A chin support for violin and similar string instruments comprising a chin-plate, a ball-post, a base-clamp, and a bracket-assembly being secured to a violin; said chin-plate coupled to an approximately spherical section of said ball-post, and said base-clamp coupled to an approximately cylindrical section of said ball-post, and said base-clamp coupled to said bracket-assembly, and said bracket-assembly affixed to said violin, wherein the ball-post comprises one or more of ball-posts, at least one of the one or more ball-posts, comprises a ball offset wherein the ball offset comprises a distance from an axis of a cylindrical section of the at least one of the one or more ball-posts, whereby a human can, hold and play said violin or similar string instrument, and customize, via the one or more ball-posts, at least one of, an angle of rotation, yaw, pitch, and tilt of the chin-plate, and a lateral placement of the chin-plate, and prevent a movement of at least one of an angle of rotation, yaw, pitch, and tilt of the chin-plate, and a lateral placement of the chin-plate.