Patent ID: 7462767

Claim:
A musical instrument string torque balancer for a musical stringed instrument having a hollow body with a freely vibrating top, a bridge, a neck, and strings, which balancer comprises: a bracket located entirely within the hollow body of the instrument and fixedly attached to the freely vibrating top of the body beneath the bottom of the bridge such that said bracket is not directly connected to said strings of said instrument and prevents pivoting in direct response to the tensioning of said strings; an adjustable brace fixedly attached to the neck of the instrument and residing within the hollow body of the instrument; and a counter-balance string comprised of non-elastic material fixedly attached to the bracket and adjustably attached to the adjustable brace such that the tension of the counter-balanced string may be adjusted, wherein the counter-balanced string creates torque approximately equal and opposite to the torque created by the musical strings used for making sound.