Below elbow amputee socket with guitar plectrum mount [proof of concept]

Carsten Werner from Köln (Germany) – also a right below elbow amputee – allowed me to web publish his design and implementation for a plectrum mount. With that, he passed the entry test for a Jazz College back in 1988. And with all due respect for other one handed guitar players, that is an achievement I find hard to match.

The design contains a round piece of metal with one part bent up straight. Against that, a metal bar is squeezed with two screws. The rest – semi circular slit for rotationally variant mounting – is self evident from the photographs. In terms of positioning on the socket, it appears to be necessary to place the plectrum close to the end of the radius bone – or wherever else you feel most comfortable.


Cite this article:
Wolf Schweitzer: swisswuff.ch - Below elbow amputee socket with guitar plectrum mount [proof of concept]; published 31/08/2012, 06:19; URL: https://www.swisswuff.ch/tech/?p=810.

BibTeX 1: @MISC{schweitzer_wolf_1738963728, author = {Wolf Schweitzer}, title = {{swisswuff.ch - Below elbow amputee socket with guitar plectrum mount [proof of concept]}}, month = {August}, year = {2012}, url = {https://www.swisswuff.ch/tech/?p=810}

BibTeX 2: @MISC{schweitzer_wolf_1738963728, author = {Wolf Schweitzer}, title = {{Below elbow amputee socket with guitar plectrum mount [proof of concept]}}, howpublished = {Technical Below Elbow Amputee Issues}, month = {August}, year = {2012}, url = {https://www.swisswuff.ch/tech/?p=810} }