Patent ID: 7368654
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A transducer for a musical instrument comprised of: a sensor attached by affixing means to the surface of said musical instrument within an effective area, at least one central region of the contact area between said sensor and said musical instrument wherein said sensor and or said musical instrument have reduced density or different density, electrical conducting means affixed to the sensing element of said sensor, said electrical conducting means connected to an amplifying means, vibrations created in said musical instrument by playing or striking said musical instrument, said vibrations communicated to said sensing element, electrical signals generated by said sensing element by said vibrations, said electrical signals conducted by said electrical conducting means to said amplifying means, whereby said amplifying means produces audible sounds analogous to the sounds produced by said musical instrument with minimal spurious distortion and or nominal adverse tonality shift.