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Originally Posted by perttime
Apparently, it is a part that is installed over the top corner of the guitar's lower bout. Some use them for comfort because the corner hurts them. It is also supposed to keep the arm away from the guitar so that the contact does not interfere with the guitar's vibrations.
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And curiously mandolinists can get sort of a cage arrangement which fits over the
back of the instrument, purportedly to do a similar thing. It's probably best not to touch our instruments at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWDA-04M9xc