Patent ID: 7034218
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A transducer for use with a musical instrument to transmit vibrations from the instrument to an amplifier, said transducer comprising: at least one sensor; a weight connected to said at least one sensor along an axis of said weight; an insulating layer covering the weight and said at least one sensor; a conductive layer covering the insulating layer and having a contact surface; an attachment device for mounting the transducer to the musical instrument via said contact surface, said attachment device adapted to contact the instrument at a single point, said attachment device extending alone an axis perpendicular to said contact surface, and said axis of said weight containing said sensor being arranged not parallel or perpendicular to said attachment device; a conductor connected to said weight and to a signal processing device; and an additional conductor attached to said conductive layer and to said signal processing device; wherein vibrations in said musical instrument are transmitted from said musical instrument to said at least one sensor, said at least one sensor generating a signal between the conductor connected to the conductive layer and the conductor connected to said at least one sensor in proportion to the vibrations, creating a signal that is amplified by the signal processing device.