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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1997
Teruo Akimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Kawamura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Taro Kawabata, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yasuhiko Ohba, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tadaharu Kato, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masaaki Suzuki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Motoya Kondo, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hironori Osakabe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A keyboard instrument is configured such that a flat panel-like display unit such as a liquid crystal display for displaying character information and/or images is provided on an instrument main body and that speakers, a recording/reproducing unit for multi media such as sound and/or image recording media, a microphone and a 'karaoke' reproduction unit are connected to the display unit so as to improve the function of displaying a notation and/or lyric at the time of a performance, a performance function such as an ensemble performance or 'karaoke' performance, and a tuning function.