Patent ID: 9305533
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G10D,G10F,G10H

Claim Text:
1. A system for producing sound from a musical instrument, the system comprising: an input configured to receive an externally generated signal, said signal being an electrical, optical or radio frequency signal representative of sound produced by a first musical instrument; at least one exciter configured to accept the externally generated signal as its input and to produce mechanical vibrations as its output and wherein the at least one exciter comprises at least a first exciter; at least one coupling interface operatively connected to the at least one exciter and configured to accept the mechanical vibrations of the at least one exciter and transfer the mechanical vibrations to an acoustic guitar, thereby producing sound from the acoustic guitar, and wherein the at least one coupling interface comprises at least a first coupling interface operatively connected to the first exciter; and a mounting adapter configured to maintain the at least one coupling interface in direct contact with an existing bridge structure of the acoustic guitar; said externally generated signal being generated externally to said acoustic guitar.