ebeowulf17
- Joined Aug 12, 2014
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Very interesting. I don't even need to record a tree, but I'm half tempted to make one of your piezo pickups just to try it out. Sounds fun!Some piezo elements are true ceramics and won't be much affected by water, those can be bonded to the wood for optimum acoustic coupling.
The electronics aren't difficult to seal against water, or could simply be attached by connectors and taken in when it rains.
In close contact, the sap in the wood would damage any piezo salt based element, the ceramic pellet from the spark generator in a cigarette lighter is probably the highest output and easiest to get hold of - most discount stores near me have packs of 4 lighters for £0.99p.