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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yuji Fujiwara, Shizuoka, JP;
Taro Kawabata, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshimasa Isozaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuhiko Oba, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Yamaha Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84462 ; 84 20 ;
Abstract
An automatic player piano records an original key motion reciprocated between a rest position and an end position as a series of a key-on event, a hammer event and a key-off event by using key/hammer sensors, and supplements the key/hammer event for an unusual key motion such as a half stroke, thereby faithfully reproducing the original key motions in a playback mode.