Patent ID: 6897369
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A sensor assembly for a stringed musical instrument having a plurality of movable strings comprising: at least one blade adapted to be disposed below the movable strings and adapted to be either one of disposed at an end of a neck and disposed in the neck of the stringed musical instrument; at least one magnet disposed adjacent said at least one blade to generate a magnetic field through said at least one blade; a primary winding disposed adjacent said at least one blade to create a primary current from a disruption in the magnetic field by the movable strings, the primary current creating a primary electromagnetic flux; and at least one secondary winding spaced from said primary winding and being magnetically coupled to said primary winding, said at least one secondary winding transforming the primary electromagnetic flux into a secondary current adapted to pass out the stringed musical instrument.