Mississippi Drum Machine Parts

Started by smallbearelec, January 29, 2016, 10:55:11 PM

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smallbearelec

A customer asked what to use for the pickups and transformer in this thing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2rMDCQ7tvU

The speaker looks like an ordinary PM, and I figure that a 1K to 8 ohm transformer will work to match to an amp input.

For the piezo device, this?:

http://www.mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=7cfb17uqMF%2fvXKpi0UlNRg%3d%3d

or is there something cheaper that would be suitable? Anyone built one of these and have a suggestion for a good piezo device to stock?

THANKS!
SD

Mark Hammer

Something that's an inch or more in diameter is good.  Larger piezo discs have a lower resonance (good for foot stomping) and put out a heftier voltage.