>So, Peter, if you wanted to make your own simple (inexpensive)
>transducer pair out of readily available materials, where would
>you start? Plastic piezo materials?

I would start by trying one of those itty bitty ceramic resonators used for
speakers. You would have a problem keeping the liquid away from the
contacts, but then it is probably as inexpensive as you will get.

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