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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuo Sugiyama, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Haruki Uehara, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Yamaha Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10F / ; G10H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84708 ; 84719 ; 84-3 ; 84171 ; 84DI / ;
Abstract
A keyboard musical instrument has an upright piano, an automatic playing system for exerting forces on the keys of the upright piano instead of a player on the basis of music data codes and an electronic sound generating system for generating electronic sounds from the music data codes, and a player can perform an ensemble through a fingering on the keyboard of the upright piano together with the electronic sound generating system.