Wall hanger for musical instrument

A mount for a musical instrument the mount comprising:

• an adjustable lower cradle for receiving a body of the instrument;
• a mounting element:
• two holding arms pivotable relative to the mounting element, designed as holding plates or scissor arms that can be moved in the plane, each having at least one projecting holding finger, and connected pivotably to the mounting element via respective pivots for detachably securing an instrument neck received between the holding arms;
• a connecting member fixed to the lower cradle and directly coupled to the two holding arms;
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• a spring braced between the mounting element and the connecting member and urging the lower cradle into a rest position and the two holding arms into an open position.

A wall or floor mount for a stringed instrument having a body and a neck, the mount comprising:

• a fixed mounting element;
• a generally vertical elongated rod vertically guided in or on the element, shiftable between an upper rest position and a lower working position, and having a lower end;
• a cradle fixed to the lower end of the rod, projecting transversely therefrom, and adapted to carry the body of the instrument with the neck thereof projecting upward;
• a pair of arms pivotal on the element above the cradle between an open position spaced from each other sufficiently that the neck can pass between them and a closed position engaging around and securing the neck of the instrument in the cradle against significant movement relative to the mounting element;
• a rod pivot on the rod connected to the arms such that downward movement of the rod from the upper rest position pivots the arms toward the closed position and upward movement of the rod from the lower working position pivots the arms toward the open position;
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• a spring braced between the mounting element and the rod and urging the rod with a predetermined force into the upper rest position and the arms into the closed position, the force being substantially less than a weight of the instrument.