Device for vibrating a stringed instrument
AssigneesKoji Kobayashi, Shoji Kobayashi
InventorKoji Kobayashi
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Abstract
Provided is a device (20) for vibrating a string instrument (1) to allow the string instrument to be used as a loudspeaker. To press a base member (22) fitted with a vibration generator (50) against a bridge (13) of the string instrument (1) via a load point member (24) of a vibration transmission member (26), the base member (22) is provided with a fulcrum member (30) engaging an upper side of the strings (9) of the string instrument (1) and an anchor member (38) engaging a lower side of the strings (9). In order to urge the vibration transmission member (26) against the bridge (13), a cam mechanism (40) presses the anchor member (38) against the lower side of the strings (9).
Claims13
A device for vibrating a string instrument provided with a bridge, comprising:
- a base member provided with a load point member that engages the bridge;
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- a vibration generator mounted on the base member and configured to convert an electric signal into a mechanical vibration;
- wherein the base member includes a fulcrum member engaging an upper side of at least one string of the string instrument, an anchor member engaging a lower side of the at least one string at a point located between the load point member and the fulcrum member and a mechanism for displacing at least one of the fulcrum member and the anchor member in a direction to urge the load point member against the bridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.