Patent ID: 7459619

Claim:
A tremolo mechanism for a guitar comprising: a rotary assembly comprising: a main rotor that includes an arcuate shaped surface proximate holes through which a plurality of guitar strings exit the main rotor when the tremolo mechanism is installed on a guitar; resilient means coupled to said main rotor to bias said rotary assembly to a first position at which no tremolo effect is provided and away from a second position at which a tremolo effect is provided; fixing means on the main rotor for securing one end of each of the plurality of guitar strings to the rotary assembly; a plurality of tension rollers for providing rotational tension to said guitar strings, wherein said arcuate shaped surface directionally guides said strings transverse of said rotary assembly to the tension rollers; and a press plate for holding said main rotor and said tension rollers above a surface of a guitar when the tremolo mechanism is installed on said guitar.