String vibration transducer bridge for electric stringed instruments

Claim 1

A string vibration transducer bridge for an electric instrument having strings comprising: a bridge box; a plurality of independent string tension mechanisms provided side by side in said bridge body and which are adjustably movable along the direction of said string, said string tension mechanism further including a plurality of independent electrically conductive string supporting electrode parts independently slidably movable in said bridge body along the direction of said strings and independently rotatable along the direction perpendicular to said string; a plurality of independent piezoelectric transducers provided in said bridge box which each engage with an undersurface of an electrode parts to form an electrical connection therewith and are substantially perpendicular to said tension mechanisms; and a plurality of piezoelectric transducer pushing mechanisms provided in said bridge box for pushing said piezoelectric transducer against said electrode parts whereby the tension of said string maybe set by both said string tension mechanism and said transducer pushing mechanism and the vibration of each string is independently sensed.