A stringed musical instrument saddle containing a plurality of electrically independent transducers and associated electrical conditioning components where each transducer is located within the saddle such that it is sensitive to the vibratory energy of a corresponding string or course and senses the vibratory energy in both vertical and horizontal modes. The saddle contains at least one multi-conductor connector which connects to a removable multi-conductor cable to convey the transducer signals out of the saddle to external receiving electronics. The saddle is constructed of workable materials such that its top and bottom can be fit to a particular instrument by a technician.

The present invention relates to a string instrument (1; 100) comprising a resonator (2), a handle (3) and a tailpiece (4; 40), wherein the handle (3) and the tailpiece (4; 40) are bound to the resonator (2) for combining at least one string to the instrument, further comprising at least one couple of magnets essentially opposed each other, a first magnet (11; 110) of the at least one couple of magnets bound to the resonator (2) and a second magnet (12; 120) of the at least one couple of magnets arranged at a first distance from the first magnet, so that to apply, between the first magnet (11; 110) and the second magnet (12; 120), a repulsive force or an attractive force, respectively, depending on the opposed polarities, equal or opposite, of the first magnet and the second magnet, wherein the attractive force or the repulsive force is active on the resonator (2).

The present invention relates to a string instrument (1; 100) comprising a resonator (2), a handle (3) and a tailpiece (4; 40), wherein the handle (3) and the tailpiece (4; 40) are bound to the resonator (2) for combining at least one string to the instrument, further comprising at least one couple of magnets essentially opposed each other, a first magnet (11; 110) of the at least one couple of magnets bound to the resonator (2) and a second magnet (12; 120) of the at least one couple of magnets arranged at a first distance from the first magnet, so that to apply, between the first magnet (11; 110) and the second magnet (12; 120), a repulsive force or an attractive force, respectively, depending on the opposed polarities, equal or opposite, of the first magnet and the second magnet, wherein the attractive force or the repulsive force is active on the resonator (2).

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.

A stringed-instrument saddle having two string paths, each string path configured to accommodate a string, wherein the two string paths are offset from one another by an offset distance in a direction of string travel.

A stringed-instrument saddle having two string paths, each string path configured to accommodate a string, wherein the two string paths are offset from one another by an offset distance in a direction of string travel.

Disclosed is a locking nut assembly that includes a baseplate mounted on the head of a musical instrument, such as a guitar. The baseplate includes channels configured to receive strings of the musical instrument and at least one locking plate to secure the strings in the channels. A bracket couples a truss rod positioned in a neck of the musical instrument to the baseplate.

Disclosed is a locking nut assembly that includes a baseplate mounted on the head of a musical instrument, such as a guitar. The baseplate includes channels configured to receive strings of the musical instrument and at least one locking plate to secure the strings in the channels. A bracket couples a truss rod positioned in a neck of the musical instrument to the baseplate.

A musical instrument, which is one of musical instruments generating a sound using a sound board, the musical instrument designed to generate resonance of abundant and various sounds by separating a resonance space into several parts by simultaneously using several sound boards to one musical instrument, to enable a magnificent and wide-spectrum performance such as an orchestra as one musical instrument by implementing a high-level sound effect required when playing the musical instrument, such as not only an increase of a volume, but generation of an individual tone, depth of a sound, and a stereoscopic sense of a sound by applying various and new elements to each of several sound boards.

A fret press system can install one or more frets in grooves of a substrate with a press connected to a caul. The fret may be positioned atop the groove prior to contacting the fret with a caul by operating the press. The fret may initially be forced into the groove with the caul with a first pressure before an incorrect fret position in the groove is detected with a sensor connected to the press. The caul can then be adjusting to correct the sensed incorrect fret position and subsequently used to finish installing the fret in the groove prior to a position of the fret in the groove being confirmed with the sensor.