[sdiy] Re: plate reverb??

[Happy Harry]

For pickups don't overlook piezos, as well as Guitar Pickups for
acoustic guitars (not the magnetic ones... the contact variety.
I've got a "Dean Markely" that would probably worl. Aboit 1" diameter
with some sticky goop to attach it. This lets you try multiple positions...

H^)  harry


>From: Ingo Debus <debus at cityweb.de>
>To: diy <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Re: plate reverb??
>Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 16:32:48 +0200
>
>
>
>pelagius pelagius wrote:
> >
> > Anyone here built a reverb plate?  What's the ideal thickness for the 
>sheet
> > metal?
>
>The Elrad plate was made of zinc plated sheet steel, 1.5 mm thick.
>
> > Any thoughts
> > on good transducers to use?
>
>As transducer they used these thingies that were available back then
>that were attached to wooden surfaces to form a "membrane-less"
>loudspeaker. They were called "Echonic". As receiver they used two small
>condenser microphones. They write that they tried
>instrument pickups too (like a Barcus Berry Grand Piano pickup) but the
>results were poor.
>
>Ingo
>

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