Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1989-11-27
1991-11-19
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84600, 84468, 84670, 84743, G10H 132, G10H 500, G10H 300
Patent
active
050656619
ABSTRACT:
A keyboard instrument is provided, comprising a keyboard housing having a top and a bottom; a handle attached to and extending from the bottom of the keyboard housing; a keyboard having a plurality of keys operatively attached to the top of the housing; a plurality of keyboard controls, mounted on the keyboard housing; a sound component housing; at least one speaker mounted in the sound component housing; a synthesizer, mounted within the sound component housing; and keyboard, sound component and communications circuitry. The instrument may include a volume expression control mounted in the handle, enabling user to control volume expression while maintaining the instrument in a horizontally oriented plane.
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Donels J.
Kiesel William David
Shoop Jr. William M.
Tucker Robert C.
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