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 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 made in the form of a corrugation installed at an acute angle to the body with a slope along horizontally located strings, convex corrugation elements are located across the strings and serve as thresholds, between which the frets of a musical instrument are formed.

EFFECT: expanded performing capabilities.

1 cl, 4 dwg