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, and, in particular, to classical gusli, trapezoidal academic gusli, to wing-shaped and lyre-shaped gusli. The technical result is achieved by the fact that 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 they are equipped with a threshold located under the strings, made with the possibility of repeated intersection of the stretched strings and stretching along the strings, nut position clamps are installed on both sides of the soundboard along the strings, and the soundboard with strings is installed at an angle to the body with an inclination along the line of the strings.

EFFECT: expanded performing capabilities.

1 cl, 5 dwg