Bridge type piezoelectric pickup for stringed instruments
Abstract
Abstract A BRIDGE TYPE PEIZOELECTRIC PICKUP FOR A GUITAR OR SIMILAR STRINGED INSTRUMENT COMPRISES A PLURALITY OF PIEZOELECTRIC OF PIE ZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS, ONE FOR EACH STRING, LOCATED WITHIN AN OPEN TOPED CASE. OVERLYING EACH OF THESE PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS IS A RESPECTIVE ONE OF A PLURALITY OF SADDLE MEMBERS WHICH IS RESTRAINED TO VERTICAL SLIDING MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO THE CASE, EACH SADDLE MEMBER ENGAGING AND SUPPORTING ITS ASSOCIATED STRING AND TRANSMITTING VIBRATIONS FROM THE STRING TO ITS ASSOCIATED PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT. THE PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENTS HAVE TOP AND BOTTOM OUTPUT FACES INCLUDING METALLIC COATINGS. OUTPUT SIGNALS ARE EXTRACTED FROM THE ELEMENTS BY MEANS OF CONDUCTORS SOLDERED TO THE METALIC COATINGS TO FROM SOUND MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE CONDUCTORS AND THE ELEMENTS.
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- 👤 J Rickard
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