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The Springboard: The Joy of Piezo Disk Pickups for Amplified Coil Springs
- Leonardo Music Journal
- The MIT Press
- Volume 17, 2007
- pp. 17-20
- Article
- Additional Information
The Springboard is a do-it-yourself instrument made from readily available materials: An amplified soundboard makes the vibrations of coil springs and a variety of other small and nonprecious objects audible. Thanks to a simple piezo contact microphone, the Springboard's humble constitution belies the richness of its sounds, a signature of the author's activities in live and recorded works across many art disciplines.