Bridge for stringed instrument
OwnerPhilip Shaheeninventor
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Abstract
A string instrument comprising an instrument body, a neck, a bridge, and at least one string extending forwardly and rearwardly over the instrument body. The instrument body is topped by a sound table. The bridge may be removably located onto the sound table by virtue of a tension applied to the at least one string.
Claims9
A string instrument comprising an instrument body, a neck, a bridge, and at least one string extending forwardly and rearwardly over the bridge thereby defining a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, the instrument body comprising a longitudinally and transversely extending non-planar sound table defining “up” and “down” direction and having a table top facing up, and an opposing table bottom facing down, the bridge comprising at least one forwardly disposed nose floor facing down and at least one rearwardly disposed prong top facing up, so that with the bridge being mounted onto the sound table, the at least one nose floor faces the table top, while the at least one prong top faces the table bottom.
A bridge for a string instrument, the string instrument comprising at least one longitudinally extending string extending forwardly to rearwardly over a sound table, the bridge extending transversely and comprising at least one forwardly disposed nose floor and at least one rearwardly disposed prong top, wherein the bridge may be removably mounted onto the sound table with the at least one prong top being inserted through at least one slot formed in the sound table, and rotated so that an at least one nose floor of the bridge is adjacent a table top of the sound table, and the at least one prong top is adjacent a table bottom of the sound table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.