GUSLI Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC G10D1/12 

FIELD: musical instruments.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to Russian folk stringed musical instruments from the zither or lyre family, which is a resonator body with 5 to 20 strings stretched over it, and usually forming a diatonic scale, and, in particular, to the classical gusli, trapezoidal academic gusli, to wing-shaped and lyre-shaped harps. The gusli consists of a hollow body with a soundboard equipped with a resonator hole, with strings installed on the soundboard and a stand for transmitting sound vibrations directly from the strings to the soundboard, and the soundboard is equipped with additional stands having a width less than the distance between the strings, each stand has a longitudinal slot for a string, and the stands are installed on the deck with the ability to move along the strings, which serve as guides for the movable stands.

EFFECT: increased ease of use when reconfiguring the gusli.

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