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US 5,194,686 AGranted
Device for electroacoustic amplification of a stringed instrument with a tailpiece
OwnerKlaus Winklerinventor
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Abstract
A device for electroacoustically amplifying a stringed instrument features a hollow tailpiece button (1), which supports a microphone (3) arranged inside the body of a stringed instrument (10).
Claims11
A device for electoracoustically amplifying a stringed instrument, comprising:
- a hollow tailpiece button;
- a mounting support;
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- a microphone for attachment to a stringed instrument by means of the mounting support, said microphone including lead wires to enable the connection of the microphone with an amplifier via lead wires that run through the hollow tailpiece button, said microphone operating as a sound pick-up device with respect to the stringed instrument;
- wherein the microphone is arranged to be supported by the hollow tailpiece button inside the body of the stringed instrument and is configured to be easily removed from the stringed instrument by the translation of the microphone through the hollow tailpiece button from the interior of the stringed instrument to the exterior of the stringed instrument.
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