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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Tamaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Katsuo Itou, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10C 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10C 3/00 ;
Abstract
A keyboard musical instrument is a combination of an acoustic piano, a silent system and an electronic sound generating system, and the silent system includes a change-over mechanism and a shank stopper connected to the change-over mechanism so as to be changed between a free position and a blocking position, wherein a change-over mechanism gives rise to a rotation of the shank stopper around vertical axes spaced apart from each other on a horizontal virtual plane so that the hammer stopper is free from a twist.