摘要 |
<p>This invention relates to a locking apparatus (1) for a string of a stringed instrument, which locking apparatus includes a locking cam (20, 23-27) arranged rotatably about a point of rotation and a locking wall, which locking cam and locking wall are positioned relative to each other in such a way that a string can be locked between them, wherein the rotatable arranged cam is an eccentric made from a hard and stiff material, placed in a U-shaped channel of a hard and stiff beam (3), said channel containing the locking wall, a small spring being added, holding the locking cam to the locking wall in case no string is present between the locking wall and the locking cam and the eccentric being shaped in such a way that the locking cam and the locking wall contact at only one point, in case there is no string in between.</p> |