System for remotely generating sound from a musical instrument
OwnerEric Aaron Langberginventor
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Abstract
A system for remotely generating sound from a musical instrument. In one embodiment, the system includes an input configured to receive a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, an exciter for converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and a coupling interface for coupling the mechanical vibrations into a second musical instrument.
Claims15
A system for attaching to an acoustic instrument in order to produce sound from the acoustic instrument, the acoustic instrument including strings and a sound board, the system comprising:
- an input configured to receive an externally generated signal, said signal generated by a first musical instrument;
- an exciter configured to accept the externally generated signal as its input and to produce mechanical vibrations as its output;
- a coupling interface operatively connected to the exciter and configured to accept the mechanical vibrations of the exciter and transfer the mechanical vibrations to a bridge or a saddle of the acoustic instrument, thereby producing sound from the acoustic instrument;
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- an attachment means for removably securing at least the coupling interface to the acoustic instrument, wherein the attachment means applies a clamping force to an element of the acoustic instrument through use of a contact surface for contacting a side of the strings opposite the sound board, and a clamping bar configured to contact the strings on a side opposite the contact surface and removably secure the system to the strings of the acoustic instrument.
A system for attaching to strings of an acoustic instrument in order to produce sound from the acoustic instrument, the instrument including a sound board, the system comprising:
- an input configured to receive an externally generated signal, said signal generated by a first musical instrument;
- an exciter configured to accept the externally generated signal as its input and to produce mechanical vibrations as its output;
- a coupling interface operatively connected to the exciter and configured to transfer the mechanical vibrations to a saddle of the acoustic instrument, thereby producing sound from the acoustic instrument;
- a contact surface for contacting a side of the strings opposite the sound board;
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- a clamping bar configured to contact the strings on a side opposite the contact surface and removably secure the system to the strings of the acoustic instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.