US Patent Issued to POLYPHONIC CHROMATICISM on Oct. 6 for "Stringed musical instrument with fretting saddling member" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,719, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to POLYPHONIC CHROMATICISM INC. (Sandstone, Minn.).

"Stringed musical instrument with fretting saddling member" was invented by Benjamin M. Ranson (Sandstone, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fretting saddling member with a saddling interface and a string contactable fretting crown is coupled to a body of a stringed musical instrument. The saddling interface contacts a string and directs it above the fretting crown and towards a neck of the stringed musical instrument. A player may use the wrist of the picking hand to depress the string between the saddling interface and the fretting crown unt...