Stringed instrument

Claim 1

A STRINGED INSTRUMENT COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) A SOUNDING BOARD ASSEMBLAGE, SAID ASSEMBLAGE INCLUDING: (1) A SOUNDING BOARD COVER, (2) A SOUNDING BOARD FRAME TO WHICH THE COVER IS ATTACHED, (B) AN INSTRUMENT NECK HAVING AN EXTENSION ADAPTED FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE SOUNDING BOARD ASSEMBLAGE, SAID EXTENSION HAVING AN INNER FACE WHICH FACES AWAY FROM THE REMOTE END OF THE NECK AND HAVING AN UNDERSIDE AND ADJOINING SIDE SURFACES DISPOSED OUTWARDLY OF SAID INNER FACE, (C) A FASTENING STICK WITHIN THE SOUNDING BOARD ASSEMBLAGE, ATTACHED TO THE SOUNDING BOARD COVER, FRAME AND BOTTOM AT THE LOCATION OF THE INSTRUMENT NECK, (D) A SUPPORT BLOCK FASTENED TO THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE SOUNDING BOARD COVER AND TO THE FRONT SIDE OF THE FASTENING STICK, (E) SAID SUPPORT BLOCK, FASTENING STICK AND SOUNDING BOARD COVER HAVING ALIGNED RECESSES CONSTITUTING A SOCKET IN WHICH THE EXTENSION OF THE INSTRUMENT NECK IS DISPOSED, SAID SOCKET BEING CHARACTERIZED BY A FRONT FACE SURFACE AND ADJOINING BOTTOM AND OPPOSITE SIDE SURFACES, (F) MEANS FOR SECURING THE INSTRUMENT NECK EXTENSION ENIN SAID SOCKET, (G) THE INNER FACE OF THE INSTRUMENT NECK EXTENSION ENGAGING THE FRONT FACE SURFACE OF SAID SOCKET WITH THE SIDE SURFACES OF THE SOCKET AND NECK EXTENSION RESPECTIVELY IN OPPOSED RELATION TO EACH OTHER, (H) THE UNDERSIDE OF THE NECK EXTENSION BEING SPACED FROM THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE SOCKET AT THE LOCATION OF THE SOUNDING BOARD FRAME TO RENDER THE NECK EXTENSION INDEPENDENT OF VARIATIONS OF THE SAID FRAME.