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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:

Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;

Inventors:

Shingo Ekuni, Hamamatsu, JP;

Tadaharu Kato, Hamamatsu, JP;

Assignee:

YAMAHA CORPORATION, Hamamatsu-Shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 3/14 (2006.01); G10D 1/08 (2006.01); G10H 1/045 (2006.01); G10H 1/32 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 3/146 (2013.01); G10D 1/08 (2013.01); G10H 1/045 (2013.01); G10H 1/32 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01); G10H 2210/275 (2013.01); G10H 2220/461 (2013.01); G10H 2230/075 (2013.01); H04R 1/021 (2013.01); H04R 9/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A musical instrument, including: an acoustic portion configured to generate sounds in accordance with a vibration; a plurality of soundboard braces attached to a flat surface of the acoustic portion; a bracket supported by two of the plurality of soundboard braces; and an acoustic transducer supported by the bracket and configured to vibrate the acoustic portion based on an acoustic signal inputted thereto, wherein the bracket is disposed so as to bridge the two of the plurality of soundboard braces, and the acoustic transducer vibrates the acoustic portion at a position between the two of the plurality of soundboard braces.


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