Music – Instruments
Patent
1979-06-20
1980-09-02
Witkowski, S. J.
Music
Instruments
84 116, G10H 318
Patent
active
042200695
ABSTRACT:
A pickup for an electrical musical instrument of the stringed type including first and second pickup assemblies, each pickup assembly including a plurality of metallic, unmagnetized pole pieces operatively associated with the strings of the instrument, the pole pieces being aligned in parallel, spaced-apart relationship, generally perpendicular to the plane of the strings, first ends of all of the pole pieces being closely adjacent to the plane of the strings, second ends of all of the pole pieces being flat and planar. Each pickup assembly further includes a rectangular bar magnet having a first surface defining a north pole and an opposite second surface defining a south pole, the bar magnet of the first pickup assembly being positioned with the first surface thereof in surface contact with the second ends of all of the pole pieces of the first pickup assembly, the bar magnet of the second pickup assemgly being positioned with the second surface thereof in surface contact with the second ends of all the pole pieces of the second pickup assembly. Each of the pickup assemblies further includes coil means wound around the pole pieces thereof. A keeper is positioned in contact with the second surface of the first bar magnet and the first surface of the second bar magnet. In another embodiment, the pickup includes only a single pickup assembly.
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Hinderstein Philip M.
Witkowski S. J.
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