Patent ID: 8088988

Claim:
A transducer for a musical instrument comprised of, a flat plate, the circumference of said flat plate formed by at least three straight contiguous edges, each hereinafter termed a seam, the bottom of said flat plate removably attached to the surface of a musical instrument, at least three flat rectangular pieces, each of said at least three pieces respectively affixed upwardly from said circumference of said flat plate, the bottom long edge of one of said at least three pieces affixed to and along one of said seams, adjacent pairs of said at least three pieces upwardly affixed at and along their narrow ends to each other, a junction thereby being formed, a plane parallel to said flat plate formed by the long upper edges of said at least three pieces, no two of said at least three pieces being parallel, a sensor affixed to the upper surface of said flat plate, electrical connection means connected from said sensor upwardly or through one of said junctions to an amplifier and speaker means, said musical instrument is played or struck and vibrations are thereby created, whereby each of said at least three pieces respond in a similar manner to said vibrations, whereby electrical signals are generated in said electrical connection means by said sensor by said vibrations, and whereby said electrical signals are converted by said amplifier and speaker means to audible acoustic waves analogous to the sounds produced by said musical instrument when played or struck.