Patent ID: 8907188

Claim:
A tremolo device for a stringed musical instrument, said device comprising: a movable bridge adapted to hold strings of a musical instrument in tension; an adjustment device with a first end and a second end, adapted to engage said bridge with said second end and to move said bridge to change said tension; a housing adapted to form a socket in said bridge and to secure said second end of said adjustment device with a lock, wherein said second end is positioned longitudinally in said housing and said lock is positioned transversely in said housing to engage said second end, and wherein said movable bridge has oppositely facing top and bottom surfaces, wherein said movable bridge receives said housing in a housing opening, wherein an outer lip of said housing is shaped to abut an area on said upper surface around said housing opening, and wherein a washer engages said housing and abuts an area on said lower surface around said housing opening.