The TurboHarp / ELX is a Richter (aka diatonic) harp that incorporates twenty individual pickups - one for each reed.
While the full capabilities and musical possibilities have yet to be explored, some advantages of the ELX are:

Allows you to patch different effects on bass and treble octaves of harp, such as:  delay / reverb on low end and distortion on high end, or
 chorus on low end and flanger on high end.

Enables you to distribute different notes to different channels, creating stereo or 3-D mixing effects.
 blow notes on left channel, draw on right
 low notes on left, high on right
 low on front speakers, high in rear, etc..

Allows you to individually balance levels of each reed or contour levels from low to high end.

Avoids feedback by eliminating acoustical coupling between speaker and pickup.

Project Status: Commercial prototype completed. Currently seeking investors or industrial partners. Contact info@turboharp.com if interested.

US Patent 6,326,532