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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Inventor:
Hideaki Takehisa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
YAMAHA CORPORATION, Hamamatsu-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 13/06 (2020.01); G10H 1/32 (2006.01); G10D 13/00 (2020.01); G10H 1/053 (2006.01); G10D 13/02 (2020.01); G10D 13/10 (2020.01); G10H 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 13/06 (2013.01); G10D 13/00 (2013.01); G10D 13/02 (2013.01); G10D 13/26 (2020.02); G10H 1/053 (2013.01); G10H 1/32 (2013.01); G10H 3/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
A musical instrument includes: a vibrating member configured to be vibrated by a playing operation; an adjusting mechanism configured to perform physical adjustment to change a vibration manner of the vibrating member in playing; a detector configured to detect an adjustment state of the adjusting mechanism; a musical-sound generator configured to generate musical sound based on the playing operation; and a controller configured to control a manner of generation of the musical sound by the musical-sound generator, based on the adjustment state detected by the detector.