Measuring vibration

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Hi

I am making a 'thumb piano' instrument and I need to measure vibration that the piano keys when played.

What component can I use to connect to an Arduino board to measure vibration? I would like to feed the raw data into Max/MSP.

I have looked at a few sensors like a piezo sensor, ultrasonic sensor, and an accelerometer but I am not sure if they are what I am after.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

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Have you seen this:
http://todbot.com/blog/2006/10/29/spooky-arduino-projects-4-and-musical-arduino/

Whack the piezo to generate a number based on force of whack. Used for a MIDI drumkit.

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Thanks for your reply. I had seen this before and I have chosen to use piezo components now.

Thanks again.