A tremolo device for static retention of a plurality of musical instrument strings in a stringed instrument. The tremolo device has a body with an upper surface, a neck portion, and a plurality of strings anchored at a first end of the neck and extending over at least a portion and secured to the tremolo device at the other end of the neck portion and the body and possesses an inertia block mechanism with substantially solid construction disposed to receive and securely retain a plurality of raw instrument strings without removal of a ball end from each string. The inertia block has an upper portion, a lower portion, and a plurality of internal, longitudinally displaced, cylindrically shaped, string retaining chambers designed to pass through an entirety of the block mechanism. The string retaining chambers have an upper and lower portion corresponding with the upper and lower portions of the block.

The present invention is directed to an acoustic resonator within an acoustic chamber such as a stringed instrument body. The acoustic resonator is provided with a piezoelectric material. The kinetic energy derived from the acoustic chamber creates vibrations of sound producing a corresponding or sympathetic mechanical vibration to the piezoelectric material. As a consequence, the piezoelectric material will generate electrical energy which will undergo conditioning by energy harvester electronics. The conditioned electrical energy is used to provide power to multiple devices including on-board electronics or a USB charging port.

Embodiments of a capo and fretting component are described. In certain embodiments, the fretting component is threaded onto a crossbar configured to overlie the instrument strings when in use and to pivot with respect to the crossbar so as to contact and press the strings against a fret on the instrument neck. The fretting component is offset with respect to the attachment mechanism of the capo, allowing the attachment mechanism to be offset on the neck of the instrument from where it would normally be positioned to achieve a comparable fretting effect.

Exemplary embodiments of packable stringed instruments, such as upright basses, are disclosed. The exemplary embodiments include a segmented body portion, a neck portion, and a head portion, wherein respective segments of the segmented body portion are removably secured to each other and the neck portion. The segmented body portion may include, for example, an upper body (UB) portion, a lower body (LB) portion, and a central body portion. The neck portion may be separable from the head portion. The various components of the packable stringed instrument are complimentarily shaped so as to be condensed for storage and/or transport. Exemplary methods for disassembling and assembling the exemplary packable stringed instruments are also disclosed.

A method of storing musical accessories includes providing a storage case, the storage case comprising a compartment and a lid, the compartment defining an interior configured to receive musical accessories, the lid configured to cover an opening of the compartment to enclose the interior; inserting a musical accessory into the interior of the compartment through an orifice in the lid; receiving the musical accessory on one of an accessory tray and an accessory mount; and retrieving the musical accessory from the interior of the compartment.

A method of storing musical accessories includes providing a storage case, the storage case comprising a compartment and a lid, the compartment defining an interior configured to receive musical accessories, the lid configured to cover an opening of the compartment to enclose the interior; inserting a musical accessory into the interior of the compartment through an orifice in the lid; receiving the musical accessory on one of an accessory tray and an accessory mount; and retrieving the musical accessory from the interior of the compartment.

Methods and systems for stringing an instrument are disclosed, including coupling a string to a bridge; threading the string through a tuning member; providing a device comprising: a body having a proximal and distal end; and slots into the body located between the proximal end and the distal end; wherein distances between the proximal end and the slots correspond to predetermined string lengths beyond tuning members of the instrument; and wherein each of the slots comprises a marking edge; positioning the proximal end against the tuning member; inserting string threaded through the tuning member into one of the slots; pulling the string toward the bridge to mark the string; removing the device from the tuning member; pulling the string back through the tuning member towards the bridge until the mark is proximate the tuning member; and winding the string around the tuning member. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Methods and systems for stringing an instrument are disclosed, including coupling a string to a bridge; threading the string through a tuning member; providing a device comprising: a body having a proximal and distal end; and slots into the body located between the proximal end and the distal end; wherein distances between the proximal end and the slots correspond to predetermined string lengths beyond tuning members of the instrument; and wherein each of the slots comprises a marking edge; positioning the proximal end against the tuning member; inserting string threaded through the tuning member into one of the slots; pulling the string toward the bridge to mark the string; removing the device from the tuning member; pulling the string back through the tuning member towards the bridge until the mark is proximate the tuning member; and winding the string around the tuning member. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

A vibration applying apparatus includes a bone conduction speaker, a pedestal to which the bone conduction speaker is fixed, and supporting units on which a stringed instrument is placed, and is designed to transmit natural vibrations emanating from the bone conduction speaker to one of the supporting units via the pedestal.

A musical instrument display system, retrofit kit, and method of assembly is disclosed herein. The musical instrument display system is configured to illuminate a stringed instrument received by a ground supported musical instrument stand. The musical instrument display system may comprise a musical instrument stand having a pair of lower support arms for supporting an enlarged body of the musical instrument and a pair of upper support arms for stabilizing a narrow neck of the musical instrument, a plurality of illumination modules coupled to a free end of each of the pairs of lower and upper support arms and configured to project light along a front side of the musical instrument, and an electronics control module coupled to the musical instrument stand and each of the plurality of illumination modules for controlling an operational state of the plurality of illumination modules.