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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1982
Filed:
May. 14, 1980
Naoyuki Niinomi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kunihiko Watanabe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Nippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
An electronic musical instrument comprises a musical tone production circuit responsive to a depressed key among a plurality of keys, and a control circuit for controlling tone production manner which includes a plurality of manually operated members mounted on a control panel for setting parameters that determine the tone production manner. There is also provided presetting means for presetting some of the parameters. At an initial state after the instrument is powered from a power source, the preset parameters dominate the corresponding ones of the manually set parameters, while the preset parameters can be replaced by the manually set parameters at a choice of a player after powering.