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Extension block for a stringed instrument

US8969691B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 24, 2014
Grant dateMar 3, 2015
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 24, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09B15/06
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device is provided for assisting beginning players of an unfretted stringed instrument that can be removably attached to the shoulder of an unfretted stringed instrument and is sized such that the device extends out from the shoulder of the instrument a distance of approximately the distance between the first position and third position of the stringed instrument and such that its thickness is approximately the thickness of the body of the instrument.

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