Stringed instrument system
View Patent ↗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.
1. An interlocking bridge and inertia block system comprising:
at least one rail member;
at least one bridge plate;
an inertia block comprising at least one integrated threaded cylindrical string retain chamber; and wherein the at least one rail member interlocks the bridge plate to the inertia block system.
2. The interlocking bridge and inertia block system of claim 1 further comprising a set of cavities wherein the cavities comprise threads.
3. The interlocking bridge and inertia block system of claim 1 wherein the inertia block further comprises a tremolo spring inertia block system.
4. The interlocking bridge and inertia block system of claim 1 wherein the bridge plate comprises:
a set of knife edge pivots;
a bridge saddle;
a set of fulcrum screws; and
a set of saddle screws.