Saddle for a stringed musical instrument

Abstract

A saddle for a stringed musical instrument, which includes a bridge plate attached to a sound board corresponding to an anatomical surface of the musical instrument with the bridge having a slot with a geometry adapted to receive the saddle, comprising a body having at least one member with a first and second section in which the first section, in cross section has opposite ends, and a geometry conforming to the geometry of the slot in the bridge and a width approximately equal in dimension to the width of the slot in the bridge so that the opposite ends of the first section tightly fit into the slot of the bridge when the first section is inserted therein and with the second section having a width substantially wider than the width of the first section and having two lateral sides, in cross section, extending from the opposite ends of the first section to form, in combination with the first section, a “T” fitting such that the saddle possesses a substantially higher resistance to bending forces from tension in the strings in the musical instrument as compared conventional saddle structures.

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