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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Muneo Ishida, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Kawai Gakki Seisakusho Co., Ltd., Hamamatsu, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84220 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a mechanism capable of simply making a low sound volume performance on the piano, and more particularly to a muffler for pianos, which includes a flat muffler member of a cushioning material provided slidably on a damper guide holder, and which is adapted to make a low sound volume performance on the piano by striking strings by hammers with the flat muffler member of a cushioning material advanced to a position between the hammers and strings, and a regular sound volume performance thereon by striking the strings by the hammers directly with the muffler member slidingly retreated to its normal position.