Musical instruments

Claim 1

A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A SOLID BODY HAVING A FRONT END AND A REAR END; A BRIDGE SECURED TO SAID BODY ADJACENT TO THE REAR END OF SAID BODY; AN ELONGATED NECK HAVING A FRONT END AND A REAR END AND FORMED WITH A BORE ADJACENT TO ITS REAR END AND EXTENDING VERTICALLY DOWNWARD THERETHROUGH AND SAID NECK BEING ADJUSTABLY SECURED TO SAID BODY AT A POINT ADJACENT TO THE REAR END OF THE NECK; A PLURALITY OF STRINGS SECURED TO THE BODY AT A POINT ADJACENT TO THE BRIDGE AND PASSING OVER THE BRIDGE AND CONNECTED TO THE FRONT END OF THE NECK AND TENDING TO URGE SAID FRONT END OF THE NECK UPWARD AND OUT OF A STRAIGHT LINE CONTINUATION OF SAID BODY; MEANS COMPRISING A SCREW PASSING VERTICALLY DOWNWARD THROUGH SAID BORE IN THE NECK AND THREADED DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID BODY FOR SECURING THE NECK TO THE BODY IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE NECK MAY, TO A LIMITED EXTENT, BE MOVED ANGULARLY UPWARD AND DOWNWARD RELATIVE TO A STRAIGHT LINE CONTINUATION OF SAID BODY; AND MEANS COMPRISING A SECOND SCREW OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID NECK AND SAID BODY FOR ADJUSTABLY LIMITING THE ANGULAR MOVEMENT OF THE NECK AWAY FROM A STRAIGHT LINE CONTINUATION OF SAID BODY.