ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,211, issued on Jan. 13.
"Stringed instrument, system, and methods of making and using same" was invented by Kielty Wintersteen (Manchester, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stringed musical instrument is disclosed comprising a first tube including a body portion having a bottom end and a top end, and a neck portion with a first end extending longitudinally from the bottom end of the body portion, and a second end. A first string support is connected to the second end of the neck portion, and includes a peg box supporting a plurality of tuning pins. A plurality of musical instrument strings extend from the body portion to the tu...