US 6,982,372 B2
Acoustic musical instrument and method
Garnett B. England, 1708 McDonald Rd., Leitchfield, Ky. 42754 (US)
Filed on Dec. 04, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/726,489.
Prior Publication US 2005/0120859 A1, Jun. 09, 2005
Int. Cl. G10D 3/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 84—290 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An acoustic musical instrument, comprising:
a head having a tensioning device attached thereto;
a fingerboard extending from the head, the fingerboard having a plurality of frets;
a hollow body extending from the fingerboard and having a sounding board, a bottom board, and at least one side extending between the sounding board and the bottom board, the hollow body defining a sound chamber, the sounding board having a top surface and a bottom surface;
a bridge attached to the top surface of the sounding board;
a plurality of tone bars attached to the bottom surface of the sounding board;
at least two tone bars of the plurality of tone bars each having a notch formed therein;
a string block extending between said at least two tone bars of the plurality tone bars and spaced from said sounding board;
said string block being attached to each said notch;
at least one string having a first end attached to the tensioning device and having a second end; and
means for anchoring the second end of the at least one string to the string block.