About the construction of a piano instrument
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Before we go into the detailed explanation of our piano contact pick-up system (hereafter call it“the pick-up”), some knowledge on the piano construction would be indispensable, though the names (how to call them) of each part might be more or less different among piano manufacturers.
The following figure shows you the side view of a grand piano.
The pick-up is to be placed between soundboard and brace, which please bear in mind referring the figure-1 below:
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Next, here we show the side view of an upright piano. The pick-up is to be placed between soundboard and backpost.(see figure-2)
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