Arabbit.422 net.music utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!alice!rabbit!ark Mon Apr 5 20:02:09 1982 acoustic pickups? Someone I know is looking to amplify a clavichord. (For those not familiar, a clavichord is a keyboard instrument that produces its sound by striking a string with a flat metal bar, that then remains in place to define one of the endpoints of the string's vibrating part) The clavichord is ordinarily so quiet that it is useless for any kind of ensemble music. It would be nice to be able to amplify it to where it could match levels with violins, woodwinds, etc. Question: what kind of pickup is good for this? It has 56 strings, so nothing like a guitar pickup will work well. I understand that there is a thing that goes by the trade name of "FRAP" (standing for Flat Response Audio Pickup). I don't know if it's acoustic or magnetic. Obviously what is needed here is something that could be fastened to the soundboard and would pick up soundboard vibrations, with a minimum of interference from room noise. Can anyone tell me more about FRAP, or about any other devices that might work? ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.