Patent ID: 9589551
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G10D,G10F,G10H

Claim:
1. 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; and 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.