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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
May. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shu Eitaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tadayuki Ishida, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 5/02 ;
Abstract
A musical instrument having a signal output function,for outputting a given signal in response to a user command, and a mode managing function,for managing process modes of an electronic keyboard and compulsorily finishing an arbitrary process mode of the electronic keyboard when the signal is outputted by the signal output function,, and for changing to a tone color selection mode after the compulsory finish for setting a tone color of the electronic keyboard to a given tone color. Even during each of the process modes, the tone color of the electronic musical instrument can be compulsorily set to a given one.