Automated endpin for upright stringed instruments

An automatic endpin extension system to be used with an upright instrument, the system comprising:

• a housing configured to be passed through a bottom aperture of an upright instrument;
• a coupling member configured to be connected to the housing and to be coupled to the upright instrument proximate the bottom aperture;
• a telescoping endpin configured to be selectively moved up and down to extend out from, and withdraw into, a sleeve formed by the housing;
• a motor mounted proximate a top end of the housing and configured to selectively drive a leadscrew received in a top end of the telescoping endpin to move the telescoping endpin up and down relative to the housing;
• a controller configured to control the motor to drive the leadscrew in a selected direction;
• a remote control transmitter configured to be in wireless communication with the controller to control a direction in which the leadscrew is rotated;
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• a swivel base connected to a bottom end of the telescoping endpin and configured to allow a pivoting action of the telescoping endpin a certain number of degrees in any direction off of a vertical axis maintained by the swivel base.