Patent ID: 7268291
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A stringed instrument comprising: a sound box having a neck extending therefrom, said neck having tuning pegs attached thereto, said sound box having a saddle affixed thereto, said sound box having a bridge affixed thereto and positioned between said saddle and said tuning pegs, said sound box having a rabbet formed in a surface thereof; a plurality of strings attached to and extending between said turning pegs and said saddle, said plurality of strings resting on said bridge, said bridge having a pair of support legs residing against said surface of said sound box under a pressure exerted thereto by said plurality of strings; at least two piezoelectric transducers disposed respectively between said pair of legs and said sound box, the transducers being connected to an electrical reproduction circuit, the transducers being disposed in said rabbet of said sound box between a pair of contact plates; and a lid removably affixed to said surface of said sound box, said lid retaining the transducers and said pair of contact plates in said rabbet, said lid having a window formed therein, said pair of support legs extending through said window so as to rest against a respective transducer.