Pickup for stringed instruments
AssigneeProdeng Product Engineering Oy
InventorKimmo Korpela
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Abstract
A pickup for a stringed musical instrument, including at least one magnet and at least one pressure sensitive element arranged in contact with the at least one magnet.
Claims9
A pickup for a stringed musical instrument, comprising at least one magnet and at least one pressure sensitive element arranged in contact with the at least one magnet, wherein for each string of the musical instrument, one magnet and one pressure sensitive element is arranged in contact with the magnet, and a strength of the magnet is selected according to a diameter and a material of the string.
A method for transducing movement of a string of a stringed musical instrument into an electric signal using a pickup comprising at least one magnet and at least one pressure sensitive element arranged in contact with the at least one magnet, wherein for each string of the musical instrument, one magnet and one pressure sensitive element is arranged in contact with the magnet, and a strength of the magnet is selected according to a diameter and a material of the string, the method comprising:
- inducing a movement of the magnet by movement of the string;
- sensing the movement of the magnet with the pressure sensitive element;
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- transducing the movement of the magnet into the electric signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.