CH-3 Artist - Harp Pickup with Integrated Preamp

First introduced in April 2006 and having undergone a series of continuous improvements over the years, our CH-3 Artist pickup system will work flawlessly on both Celtic harps and Pedal harps. Complete with its' own integrated preamp, this pickup delivers full, rich sound quality and ease of installation in one neat package.

Simply put, what you get out of this pickup system is the exact sound of your harp......it allows your harp to sound just like you know it sounds: fully acoustic, tonaly open, and warm.

Technical

This pickup system comes with a specially designed preamp. Both the pickup and preamp install non-invasively as there are no holes to drill and no modification is required to the instrument to install this system. 

The CH-3 Artist pickup system comes complete and ready to install. Installation of the pickup sensor is quite simple, as the unit adheres to the soundboard with our special mounting putty or, for more permanent installations, the supplied 3M VHB tape adhesive. The mounting of the preamp is equally easy as the preamp assembly simply attaches with velcro to an inside surface of the sound box.

Since the pickup system comes with it's own integrated preamp, you don't need to buy an external outboard preamp. Everything that you need to get it right is supplied. The only things that you will need are a 9 volt alkaline battery and a 'guitar cord' to plug in.

View the installation instructions for the CH-3 Artist

More Technical

The feet of the pickup base are fully articulated. This means that the pickup will fit the curvature inherent in virtually any harp soundboard quickly and easily and without modification to either the pickup or the harp. The pickup base also now offers more clearance height so the pickup will fit harps with internal reinforcing rods (such as in a Ravenna) and more clearance span to more easily fit harps with larger string strips, such as many pedal harps.

     The pickup sensor is designed to be installed approximately one-third of the way up from the bass end of the soundboard. The pickup spans the string strip which allows the piezo unit to sample sound over a large area of a harp's soundboard. The material that the pickup's feet and arched structure is made from is 3D printed ABS. 3D printing these pickup parts allowed us to engineer in air chambers and vibration transmissive structure. The result is a pickup that just sounds great.

Amplification

 This pickup's capability is enhanced by the integrated preamp which gives the pickup the ability to be plugged directly into any amplifier, P.A. or mixer.