Music – Instruments – Stringed
Patent
1996-02-13
1997-12-09
Gellner, Michael L.
Music
Instruments
Stringed
84314N, 84298, 84307, G10D 306
Patent
active
056963378
ABSTRACT:
A musical instrument, such as a guitar, having strings across a bridge, a finger board and a nut wherein the bridge, finger board, and nut have a concave curvature. Preferably, the concave curvature is a hyperbolic curve. The resulting string arrangement is designed to minimize wrist and finger strain associated with playing the instrument.
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Gellner Michael L.
Hsieh Shih-yung
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