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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1980

Filed:

Nov. 01, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:

Koji Niimi, Hamamatsu, JP;

Mitsumi Katoh, Hamamatsu, JP;

Masatada Wachi, Hamamatsu, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H / ; G10H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84-101 ; 84-119 ; 84-122 ; 84DI / ;
Abstract

An electronic musical instrument is provided with a plurality of wave shape memories storing different musical tone wave shapes of different memory sizes for different tone ranges. The memory for the treble tone is of a small size and that for the bass tone is of a large large size. When a key is operated in the keyboard, a memory corresponding to the tone range to which the operated key belongs is selected and read out. While successfully avoiding economically disadvantageous increase in the memory size of the wave shape memories, beautiful and clear musical tones can be obtained having different tone colors for different tonal pitches just like those generated by natural musical instruments.


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