Patent ID: 7612282
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A musical instrument pickup, relating to a stringed instrument having at least one string, the at least one string having a longitudinal axis, comprising: a) a plurality of independent coil-wire wrappings, each having a geometric cross-section, able to be arranged together in an interlocking fashion; b) a plurality of pole pieces, each having a center and a longitudinal axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of each string; c) wherein the center of each pole piece of said plurality of pole pieces is arranged along a line having a constant angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the at least one string; d) wherein at least one coil-wire wrapping of said plurality of coil-wire wrappings surrounds at least one pole piece of said plurality of pole pieces, wherein the wrapping direction of coil wire of said at least one coil-wire wrapping is substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the pole pieces; and e) wherein, when said plurality of coil-wire wrappings are arranged in an interlocking fashion,