Patent ID: 6919501

Claim:
A locking and tuning stabilizing device for a guitar with a tremolo device, the tremolo device having a tremolo block pivotal against a pivot screw on the face of the guitar, the locking and tuning stabilizing device comprising: an elongated pin having a first end and a second end, the first end being adapted for attachment to the tremolo block; a cylinder disposed about said pin, the cylinder having first and second ends, the first end of said pin extending from the first end of the cylinder, said pin being slidable in the cylinder, the cylinder having a transverse threaded bore defined therein; and a clamp screw engaging the threaded bore in said cylinder; wherein said clamp screw is movable between an unlocked position in which said pin is slidable in said cylinder in order to permit the tremolo block to pivot, and a locked position in which said clamp screw clamps said pin within said cylinder so that the pin is not slidable in said cylinder in order to prevent the tremolo block from pivoting.