Microphone pickup for musical instruments

In combination, an audio pickup adapted to be secured to a musical instrument or the like comprising a suction cup in the general form of a hollow spherical segment formed from elastomeric material, a projection extending upwardly from the top of said spherical segment, an open-ended, cup-shaped recess formed in said projection, said recess having a closed bottom above the inner periphery of said segment, a condenser-type microphone received within said recess with the bottom of said microphone spaced from the bottom of said recess to form in said recess an airtight-resonating chamber, and a musical instrument having a resonator means including a sounding board, said suction cup being pushed against the sounding board to affix the audio pickup thereon with said microphone out of contact therewith such that sound vibrations from the sounding board are transmitted to said condenser-type microphone through said resonating chamber.