Patent ID: 9747882
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G10H

Claim:
1. A reversing configuration control for string instruments having at least a pair of pickup sensors, comprising: a pair of output terminals; a respective pair of input terminals coupled to each of the pair of pickup sensors; and a multipole switch having at least two poles, at least a pair of fixed contacts for each of said poles and at least one displaceable contact for each of said poles, said displaceable contacts being mechanically coupled together for concurrent mechanical travel thereof, at least one of said poles being coupled to one of said pair of output terminals and at least one of said displaceable contacts being coupled to one of said input terminals, said multipole switch providing selective operative coupling of the pair of pickup sensors to said output terminals responsive to a position of said displaceable contacts with respect to said mechanical travel thereof, wherein said selective operative coupling includes (a) the pair of pickup sensors being coupled with like polarity in one of series or parallel to said output terminals at a first position of said displaceable contacts, or (b) coupling only one of the pair of pickup sensors to said output terminals, or (c) the pair of pickup sensors being coupled with opposing polarity in one of series or parallel to said output terminals.