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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01H 1/18 ; G01H 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01H 1/18 ; G01H 7/00 ;
Abstract
A musical sound signal generation apparatus for producing a sound corresponding to an operated key can produce a sound of a newly-operated key even if all the musical sound signal generation means for generating a musical sound signal are in use. On producing the new sound, the apparatus prevents the players and the audience from having a sense of incongruity derived from the change in sound production. Especially, when a chord has been produced, it can maintain the state of chord production normally.