Pick-ups for string instruments

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EP 0 248 528 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	15.03.1989 Bulletin 1989/11

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	09.12.1987 Bulletin 1987/50

(21)	Application number: 87303858.2

(22)	Date of filing: 30.04.1987

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁴: G10H 3/14, G10H 3/18

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

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Priority:

03.05.1986 GB 8610927

(71)	Applicant: Pennwalt Piezo Film Limited
	Dunfermline Fife KY11 5JN (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Strachan, John Scott Edinburgh EH3 6ED (GB)

(74)	Representative: Murgitroyd, Ian G.
	Murgitroyd and Company 373 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8QA Glasgow G5 8QA (GB)

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(54)	Pick-ups for string instruments

(57) An elongate film (32) of polyvinylidene fluoride or other polymeric piezoelectric material is provided on one face with an electrode (34) extending along approximately one-half the length of the film, and on the other face with a metallised screen layer (36) extending along the whole length. The film (32) is folded about the line M-M with the screen layer (36) to the exterior and inserted in a pocket-like cover (28) for securement to the instrument, for example by adhesive tape.

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