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From: drick@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (David Rick)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: piezoelectric transducer model
Message-ID: <2610001@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Feb 91 19:57:34 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
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I need to build a preamp for a Fishman pickup.  This is a piezoelectric
transducer that wedges into the bridge of a musical instrument.  Can
anyone provide an electrical equivalent circuit for a piezoelectric
element?  I understand it is pretty high Z, and the output level is
similar to that of a microphone, but my first attempt at designing an
interface yielded results that were quite bass-shy.

David L. Rick
Hewlett-Packard Company
Loveland, Colorado
drick@hplvdo.HP.COM