GUSLI Russian patent published in 2024 - 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. The technical result is achieved by the fact that the gusli contains a hollow body with a soundboard equipped with resonator holes, with rows of differently tuned strings stretched on tail holders and pegs with stands, and the soundboard consists of separate removable replaceable elements, on each of which one string is stretched, fixed in its own tailpiece and its own tuner with a stand, while the resonator holes are formed by the spaces between adjacent removable replaceable elements forming the soundboard.

EFFECT: increasing ease of use when reconfiguring a musical instrument as part of concert and performing activities and increasing ease of repair.

1 cl, 6 dwg