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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshinori Matsuda, Iwata, JP;
Assignee:
Kawai Musical Inst. Mfg. Co., Ltd., Sizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H / ; H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84653 ; 84656 ; 84746 ;
Abstract
According to the invention, a pedal operation is permitted independently for each group in a keyboard, and thus various ways of sounding musical tones can be realized. More specifically, a plurality of designation elements for designating the sounding of musical tones are divided into a plurality of groups, which are designated, and according to the group designation a musical control by a pedal operation is permitted independently for each group. Thus, a choice of a musical control by a pedal operation can be made for each group according to the group designation, thus permitting various ways of sounding musical tones.