Apparatus and method for a piezoelectric micro-actuator for a hard disk drive

Micro-actuator assembly including micro-actuator mount coupled to micro-actuator bridge to provide merged footprint with slider and micro-actuator bridge gap. Flexure finger including micro-actuator assembly for coupling to slider. Head gimbal assembly including flexure finger coupled to the slider. A head stack assembly including at least one of the head gimbal assemblies coupled to a head stack. Hard disk drive including head stack assembly. The invention includes manufacturing the micro-actuator assembly, the flexure finger, the head gimbal assembly, the head stack assembly, and the hard disk drive, as well as these items as products of the invention's manufacturing processes.