Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1992-03-13
1993-09-07
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84DIG7, G10H 310, G10H 134
Patent
active
052431258
ABSTRACT:
In a keyboard apparatus for an electronic musical instrument having jacks and hammers, each jack is rotatable by a force to be transmitted from a key when the key is depressed, and each of the hammers is rotatable by a force to be transmitted from the rotatable jack. Respective jack is rotatably disposed relative to the respective key by fitting a first supporting shaft formed in the respective jack into a first bearing recess formed in the respective key. Respective hammer is rotatably disposed in a keyboard chassis by fitting a second supporting shaft formed in one of the keyboard chassis and the respective hammer into a second bearing recess formed in the other of the keyboard chassis and the respective hammer. A resilient member is disposed between the respective hammer and the respective jack by engaging one end and the other end of the resilient member with the hammer and the jack, respectively, such that the first supporting shaft and the first bearing recess and the second supporting shaft and the second bearing recess are respectively pressingly held together and that the respective key and the respective jack are returned to their respective original positions.
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Donels Jeffrey W.
Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
Shoop Jr. William M.
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