Pickup and stringed instrument with pickup
OwnerIchiro Katayamainventor
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Abstract
A pickup according to a present embodiment is used for a stringed instrument and converts a vibration of a string into an electric signal. The pickup includes a piezoelectric sensor that includes at least one piezoelectric element that is provided corresponding to the number of strings, a first electrode arranged on a string side of the piezoelectric element, and a second electrode arranged on an opposite side of the first electrode, a wiring electrically connected to the piezoelectric sensor, a protection part covering a portion where the piezoelectric sensor comes in contact with the string, and a cap that is formed integrally with the protection part, and comprises an arm part locked to the stringed instrument together with the string.
Claims6
A pickup used for a stringed instrument and converting a vibration of a string into an electric signal, comprising:
- a piezoelectric sensor that comprises at least one piezoelectric element that corresponds in number to the number of strings, a first electrode arranged on the string side of the piezoelectric element, and a second electrode arranged on an opposite side of the first electrode;
- a wiring electrically connected to the piezoelectric sensor;
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- a cap that comprises a protection part covering a portion where the piezoelectric sensor comes in contact with the string, and an arm part formed integrally with the protection part and locked to the stringed instrument with the string.
A stringed instrument comprising:
- a main body;
- a string strung along a surface of the main body;
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- a pickup comprising at least one piezoelectric element provided in numbers corresponding to the number of strings, a first electrode arranged on the string side of the piezoelectric element, and a second electrode arranged on the main body side that is opposite to the first electrode, the pickup being pressed against the main body by a tensile force of the string, and converting a vibration of the string into an electric signal, wherein
- the pickup is exposed on a surface of the main body, and arranged in a pressed manner against the string.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.