Re: Wim Hoogewerf's moveable-fret guitar-

I think Mr Starrett should build one he seems like the capable party. When I saw
the photo I immediately thought of the staarrboard for some reason
Pat

Darren Burgess wrote:

> From: "Darren Burgess" <dburgess@acceleration.net>
>
> I found the patent for the moveable fret guitar
>
> patent # US4981064: Fingerboard for plucked and stringed instruments
>
> Seach by patent number at http://www.patents.ibm.com and you can see gifs of
> all 7 pages of the patent including text and drawings.
>
> If anyone who has also seen Wim's axe gets a chance to look at the above
> patent, please let me know if Wim is using a guitar with a fingerboard as
> described in the invention.
>
> Darren
> SEJIS
>
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