Bowed string instrument with improved neck

A bowed string instrument comprising:

• a body providing a top plate on a top surface thereof;
• an elongate neck extending from the top plate of the body, on which is supported an elongate fingerboard;
• a proximal end of the neck connected to the body via a heel which provides a quarter-circular concave-shaped heel chamfer serving as a transition surface between the proximal end of the neck and the body;
• an opposing distal end of the neck providing a pegbox supporting a plurality of tuning pegs configured for adjusting a tension of a plurality of strings, the strings extending from the tuning pegs, across a top surface of the fingerboard, over a bridge positioned on the top plate of the body, to a tailpiece also positioned on the top plate of the body;
• the distal end of the neck further providing a nut positioned proximal to the pegbox and configured for guiding the strings into the pegbox;
• a bottom surface of a proximal end of the pegbox providing an ergonomic, symmetrically tapered, lateral bulge configured for contacting and conforming to a purlicue of a fingering hand of a musician when the fingering hand is in a first position relative to the neck, so as to provide leverage for a thumb and a forefinger of the fingering hand to reach notes in lower and upper positions along the neck;
• the bottom surface of the proximal end of the pegbox further providing a chin positioned a chin setback distance of approximately 4 millimeters toward a distal end of the pegbox, as measured from the nut, for assisting the fingering hand of the musician in reaching half positions on the fingerboard;
• the bottom surface of the proximal end of the pegbox further providing a planar pegbox chamfer extending between the chin and a bottom surface of the neck as a transition surface therebetween, the pegbox chamfer having a pegbox chamfer length of approximately 20 millimeters and a pegbox chamfer angle of approximately 125 degrees relative to the bottom surface of the neck, for providing leverage for the thumb and forefinger of the fingering hand to reach positions along the neck and fingerboard by pressing and rotating against the pegbox chamfer, while also creating a physical stop for contacting the fingering hand when the fingering hand is in the first position relative to the neck;
• a top surface of the pegbox having a pegbox width of approximately 25 millimeters;
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• the bottom surface of the proximal end of the pegbox, along with the chin, having a chin width of approximately 33 millimeters.

A bowed string instrument comprising:

• a body providing a top plate on a top surface thereof;
• an elongate neck extending from the top plate of the body, on which is supported an elongate fingerboard;
• a proximal end of the neck connected to the body via a heel which provides a quarter-circular concave-shaped heel chamfer serving as a transition surface between the proximal end of the neck and the body;
• an opposing distal end of the neck providing a pegbox supporting a plurality of tuning pegs configured for adjusting a tension of a plurality of strings, the strings extending from the tuning pegs, across a top surface of the fingerboard, over a bridge positioned on the top plate of the body, to a tailpiece also positioned on the top plate of the body;
• the distal end of the neck further providing a nut positioned proximal to the pegbox and configured for guiding the strings into the pegbox;
• an ergonomic, symmetrically tapered, lateral bulge engageable with a bottom surface of a proximal end of the pegbox and configured for contacting and conforming to a purlicue of a fingering hand of a musician when the fingering hand is in a first position relative to the neck, so as to provide leverage for a thumb and a forefinger of the fingering hand to reach notes in lower and upper positions along the neck;
• the ergonomic, symmetrically tapered, lateral bulge further providing a chin positioned a chin setback distance of approximately 4 millimeters toward a distal end of the pegbox, as measured from the nut, for assisting the fingering hand of the musician in reaching half positions on the fingerboard;
• the ergonomic, symmetrically tapered, lateral bulge further providing a planar pegbox chamfer extending between the chin and a bottom surface of the neck as a transition surface therebetween, the pegbox chamfer having a pegbox chamfer length of approximately 20 millimeters and a pegbox chamfer angle of approximately 125 degrees relative to the bottom surface of the neck, for providing leverage for the thumb and forefinger of the fingering hand to reach positions along the neck and fingerboard by pressing and rotating against the pegbox chamfer, while also creating a physical stop for contacting the fingering hand when the fingering hand is in the first position relative to the neck;
• a top surface of the pegbox having a pegbox width of approximately 25 millimeters;
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• the ergonomic, symmetrically tapered, lateral bulge, along with the chin, having a chin width of approximately 33 millimeters.