California Inventor Develops Stringed Instrument Acoustic Property Altering Device

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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 10 -- Ruggiero Ricci of Palm Springs, Calif., has developed a stringed instrument acoustic property altering devices.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices for altering an acoustic property of stringed instruments are described that include a tailpiece adjustment mechanism configured for rotating at least a portion of a tailpiece relative to a central axis of the stringed instrument, and/or for immobilizing at least a portion of a tailpiece such that at least a portion of vibrations of the tailpiece are restrained when the stringed instrument is ...

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