Musical instrument

A musical instrument comprising a body portion, a neck portion connected with and extending from said body portion, a head portion connected with said neck portion, said head portion having a front side, a rear side, a linear edge portion which extends between said front and rear sides, and a nonlinear edge portion which extends between said front and rear sides, said nonlinear edge portion includes an arcuate recess with a center of curvature which is offset from said head portion in a direction away from said linear edge portion, a plurality of strings which are connected with said body portion and extend along neck portion to said head portion, a plurality of string posts, each of said string posts disposed in a linear array being connected with one of said strings at a location adjacent to said front side of said head portion, each of said string posts having a central axis which extends transverse to said front and rear sides of said head portion, actuators which are connected with said string posts and are manually rotatable to rotate said string posts about the central axes of said string posts to adjust tension in said strings, a first plurality of said actuators extend in a first direction from a first group of said string posts and have manually engageable end portions disposed adjacent to said linear edge portion of said head portion and a second plurality of said actuators extend in a second direction from a second group of said string posts and have manually engageable end portions disposed adjacent to said nonlinear edge portion, said manually engageable end portion of at least one of said actuators of said second plurality of actuators being movable in said arcuate recess during rotation of said one actuator of said second plurality of actuators.

A musical instrument comprising a body portion, a neck portion connected with and extending from said body portion, a head portion connected with said neck portion, said head portion having a front side and a rear side, a linear edge portion which extends between said front and rear sides, and a nonlinear edge portion which extends between said front and rear sides, said nonlinear edge portion includes an arcuate recess with a center of curvature which is offset from said head portion in a direction away from said linear edge portion, a plurality of strings which are connected with said body portion and extend along neck portion to said head portion, a plurality of string posts disposed in a linear array which extends parallel to said linear edge portion, each of said string posts being connected with one of said strings at a location adjacent to said front side of said head portion, each of said string posts having a central axis which is disposed in a plane which extends transverse to said front and rear sides of said head portion and extends parallel to said linear edge portion, and actuators which are connected with said string posts and are manually rotatable to rotate said string posts about the central axes of said string posts to adjust tension in said strings, a first plurality of said actuators extend in a first direction from a first group of said string posts and a second plurality of said actuators extend in a second direction from a second group of said string posts, said first plurality of actuators having manually engageable end portions which are disposed in a linear array which is located adjacent to and extends parallel to said linear edge portion of said head portion, said second plurality of actuators having manually engageable end portions which are located adjacent to said nonlinear edge portion of said head portion, at least one of said second plurality of actuators having a manually engageable end portion which is movable in said arcuate recess during rotation of said one of said second plurality of actuators, said one of said second plurality of actuators having a length which is greater than the length of any one of said actuators of said first plurality of actuators.

A musical instrument comprising a body portion, a neck portion connected with and extending from said body portion, a head portion connected with said neck portion, a plurality of string posts which are connected with said head portion, said plurality of string posts being disposed in a linear array on said head portion and having central axes which are disposed in one plane, a plurality of strings which are connected with said string posts and with said body portion, and a plurality of actuators which are connected with said string posts and are manually rotatable to adjust tension in said strings, a first actuator of said plurality of actuators extends in a first direction from a first string post in said linear array of string posts, a second actuator of said plurality of actuators extends in a second direction from a second string post which is disposed next to said first string post in said linear array of string posts, a third actuator of said plurality of actuators extends in said first direction from a third string post which is disposed next to said second string post in said linear array of string posts, and a fourth actuator of said plurality of actuators extends in said second direction from a fourth string post which is disposed next to said third string post in said linear array of string posts, said second string post being disposed between said first and third string posts in said linear array of string posts, said third string post being disposed between said second and fourth string posts in said linear array of string posts.

A musical instrument comprising a body portion, a neck portion connected with and extending from said body portion, a head portion connected with said neck portion, a plurality of strings which are connected with said body portion and extend along said neck portion to said head portion, a plurality of string posts disposed in a linear array, said plurality of string posts having central axes which are disposed in one plane, each of said string posts of said plurality of string posts being connected with one of said strings, and a plurality actuators each of which is connected with one of said string posts of said plurality of string posts and is manually rotatable to rotate said one string post about the central axis of said one string post to adjust tension in one of said strings, said plurality of string posts includes a first string post disposed in the linear array of string posts, said plurality of actuators includes a first actuator which is connected with said first string post and extends in a first direction from said first string post, said plurality of string posts includes a second string post disposed in the linear array of string posts, said plurality of actuators includes a second actuator which is connected with said second string post and extends in the first direction from said second string post, said plurality of string posts includes a third string post disposed in the linear array of string posts at a location between said first and second string posts, said plurality of actuators includes a third actuator which is connected with said third string post and extends in a second direction from said third string post, said second direction being opposite to said first direction.