Patent ID: 7285714
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A reluctance pickup for a stringed musical instrument comprising: a first blade-shaped pole piece disposed within a first wire coil and including a first elongated pole end extending from said first coil, the first pole piece having a first magnetic polarity, the first elongated pole end having two opposing elongated sides; and a second blade-shaped pole piece disposed in a spaced relation with the first pole piece, the second pole piece further disposed within a second wire coil and including a second elongated pole end extending from said second coil, the second pole piece having a second polarity, the second elongated pole end having two opposing elongated sides, the opposing elongated sides of the first and second pole ends being approximately co-planar and parallel, wherein, with the pickup mounted between a selected magnetically permeable string of a stringed instrument and a surface of the instrument over which the selected string spans, the pickup is disposed such that a projection of the string generally normal to the surface of the instrument intersects at least one of the elongated sides of the first or second pole ends at a selected orientation angle between approximately 28 degrees and approximately 58 degrees.