Patent ID: 8278539

Claim:
A spool mount for instrument strings comprising: a housing having a body, the body comprising: a front side; a rear side; a left side; a right side; a base; a lid hingedly attached to the body; an axle centrally disposed within the body, the axle disposed between the left and the right sides parallel with the front and the rear sides; a plurality of adjacent spools disposed along the axle, each of the plurality of spools having an instrument string wound thereupon; a plurality of string apertures disposed in the front side, each of said string apertures configured to slidingly receive an instrument string therethrough; a plurality of locking gears, each of said locking gears adjoining each of the plurality of spools; a plurality of locking buttons disposed in the housing rear side; a plurality of shafts, each of said plurality of shafts conjoined with each of the plurality of locking buttons; wherein each of the plurality of shafts releasably engages with each of the locking gears within the housing, whereby each spool is fixed from rotating by each shaft until each locking button is depressed and the locking gear is released.