The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shinya Konishi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84609 ;
Abstract
An auto-play musical instrument which has external and internal data storages for auto-play data is disclosed. The auto-play data contain a plurality of music piece data for demonstration tones or background tones. A demonstration button is provided to set a mode for playing back one of music pieces with designating a play number of the auto-play data. A play controller is provided to automatically start a chain-play of the music pieces stored in the external and internal storages when a fixed time interval has passed without any designation of the play number after the set of the demonstration mode.