Music – Instruments
Patent
1975-05-27
1976-09-14
Gonzales, John
Music
Instruments
84 11, 84423, 84DIG7, G10H 102
Patent
active
039799905
ABSTRACT:
A keyboard arrangement in electronic musical instrument comprising playing keys movable to cover a predetermined distance in normal play and also being able to move farther in excess of said distance in accordance with the pressure applied to the keys, a movable arm arranged at position corresponding to each key at its depressed position, and a sensor means provided for said arm to detect the amount of the excessive distance covered by the movable arm and the speed thereof to generate a signal to be used for the control of expression such as tone volume, tone color and the like.
The keyboard arrangement preferably further includes a deformable cushion means normally nondeformingly contacting, at its upper end, the bottom surface of the movable arm member during the normal movement of the positionally corresponding key but is deformed when the key makes a movement in excess of the normal distance to be covered by the key. Thus, the arm is inhibited to develop undesirable vibrations during its movements and precise detection of the amount of its movement can be made.
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patent: 3580979 (1971-05-01), Amano
patent: 3634593 (1972-01-01), Nagano
patent: 3652774 (1972-03-01), Ohno
patent: 3715447 (1973-02-01), Ohno
patent: 3835235 (1974-09-01), Amano
patent: 3845683 (1974-11-01), Lehmann
Gonzales John
Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha
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