ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,037, issued on Jan. 20.
"Acoustical stringed instrument" was invented by Jonathan Jess Lessem (Baltimore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stringed musical instrument includes a soundbox, including a soundboard and a backboard opposite the soundboard; a headstock, including tuners; a neck member, including a fretboard, extending between the headstock and the soundbox to form a common longitudinal axis; a plurality of strings having ends coupled to the tuners and other ends coupled to the soundbox; and a bridge coupled to the soundbox along the longitudinal axis. Ends of the strings are connected to the bridge and other ends of the str...