Acoustic tone inhibiting means for keyboard musical instrument
US4704931A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 16, 1986 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10C5/10
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A keyboard musical instrument includes: a keyboard; an acoustic musical tone production mechanism for generating an acoustic musical tone; a tone generator for generating an electronic musical tone; a solenoid driver for inhibiting generation of the acoustic musical tone from the acoustic musical tone production mechanism; and an operation panel for designating a musical tone to be inhibited. When a player designates a musical tone to be inhibited via the operation panel in advance and then depresses a key on the keyboard, the generation of the acoustic musical tone is inhibited by means of the solenoid driver.
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