Patent ID: 7507888

Claim:
A fret for a stringed instrument comprising: a cap having a string-engageable top and a bottom; a tang having a top and a bottom and adapted to fit within a groove in a fret board; a first wing having a top permanently secured to the bottom of the cap and a bottom permanently secured to the top of the tang; the first wing extending laterally outward from the bottom of the cap and the top of the tang in a first direction to a first terminal edge; and a second wing having a top permanently secured to the bottom of the cap and a bottom permanently secured to the top of the tang; the second wing extending laterally outward from the bottom of the cap and the top of the tang in a second direction opposite the first direction to a second terminal edge; the bottoms of the first and second wings adapted to abut an upwardly facing surface of the fret board when the tang is in the groove.