Design, Construction, and the Testing of an Electric Monochord with a Two-dimensional Magnetic Pickup

A single-string instrument (monochord) was carefully designed and constructed to test a new prototype of a two-dimensional magnetic pickup. The objective of the research was to design the new transducer which would depict a more meaningful signal analogous to the two-dimensional vibration of the string. The monochord and 2D pickup were designed with much specification and detail. However, the testing of the output power spectra and frequency response functions to validate performance proved insufficient. Although the results were inconclusive, extensive progress was made toward determining the correct methods needed to test the true performance of the pickup and can be continued.