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7619154 Instructional device and method for piano or other musical keyboard  
An instructional device and associated method for illustrating the positions of keys and their associated notes on a keyboard are provided. The instructional device includes key markers that are...
7612274 Electronic musical instrument  
To the undersurface of a main body 10 having a keyboard 12 operated with player's hands, upper stand portions 72 which are tilted backward and are shaped like a tube are fixed. Lower stand...
7608772 Black key for keyboard instrument and method of manufacturing a black key cover  
A black key for a keyboard instrument, in which a black key cover incorporating a weight can be manufactured at low costs, and the black key cover can be firmly mounted on a key body, in a state...
7605319 Keyboard apparatus  
A keyboard apparatus 100 has plural keys 10 and 11 , plural electronic actuators 30 , and plural link mechanisms 40 . Each of the keys 10 and 11 extends in the longitudinal direction,...
7586030 Keyboard apparatus  
In a keyboard apparatus, a key unit has one or more key bodies, a key supporting part for supporting each key body, and a connecting part for connecting the key body to the key supporting part...
7582821 Electronic musical instrument keyboard apparatus  
Key is pivotably supported by a key frame, and the front end of the key is normally urged upward by a pivot lever. Load member drivable by an actuator is provided rearwardly of a mass body of the...
7550664 Keyboard apparatus  
A keyboard apparatus that can be manufactured with a simple process at a low cost while still providing the feeling and appearance of high quality. In one embodiment of the invention, side surfaces...
7544876 Keyboard apparatus of electronic keyboard instrument  
A keyboard apparatus of an electronic keyboard instrument, which is compact in size and broad in a permissible movable range at the time of receiving a force exerting in a width direction of keys....
7541532 Key structure and keyboard apparatus  
A key structure which is capable of giving a woody appearance to the key, and increasing the freedom of mounting at least one functional part formed as a separate part from the key structure, while...
7541530 Tone plate for keyboard-type tone plate percussion instrument, tone plate fabricating method, tone generator unit of tone plate percussion instrument, and keyboard-type percussion instrument  
A tone plate which makes it easy to reduce the entire length and width thereof, thus increasing the degree of freedom in design. The tone plate includes an antinode portion, front and rear ends,...
7528311 Keyboard-type percussion instrument  
A keyboard-type percussion instrument capable of outputting, with high quality, a musical tone to outside the instrument. In an upper part of the instrument, there is provided a tone generator unit...
7507883 Electronic keyboard instrument  
A musical instrument body is provided with an array of keys at a front portion of the musical instrument body, and side plates at both side portions of the musical instrument body. A keyboard lid...
7498502 Keyboard musical instrument having accommodation space for fallboard between keyboard and rear top board  
A keyboard musical instrument comprises a keyboard having a plurality of playing keys, a fallboard pivotably supported at its rear end for covering the keyboard when the instrument is not in use...
7495163 Wireless musical keyboard  
A keyboard support adapted to be mounted to the waste portion of a musician providing support arms that are attached to a harness such that the keyboard is allowed to reposition in the lateral...
7495158 Opening/closing mechanism for a keyboard instrument cover  
An opening and closing mechanism for a keyboard cover that includes a front cover half and a rear cover half coupled foldably by a hinge. The mechanism comprises a first guide that guides the front...
7488885 Key guide structure in keyboard apparatus  
Keyboard apparatus has a frame and a key pivotably mounted on the frame. Key guide structure includes a key-side guide member provided inside the key, and a frame-side guide member provided on the...
7488884 Keyboard musical instrument having sloped top surface  
An electronic keyboard musical instrument has a cabinet, in which a tone generating system is housed, and the cabinet offers a sloped top surface to assistant goods; while the player is composing a...
7476795 Keyboard device for electronic musical keyboard instrument  
A keyboard device is designed for use in an electronic musical keyboard instrument, and composed of a key frame and at least one key array unit mounted in the key frame. The key array unit has a...
7439436 Main case body of musical keyboard instrument  
A main case body of a musical instrument, which is capable of securing a degree of freedom of design. A case structure includes a lower front case, a lower rear case, and an upper case. The lower...
7425672 Exterior structure for keyboard instrument  
An exterior structure for a keyboard instrument, which is capable of dramatically increasing the variation of producible types of keyboard instruments while suppressing the cost of molds. A lower...
7411122 Keyboard device for keyboard musical instrument  
There is provided a keyboard device for a keyboard musical instrument, which is capable of enhancing the key touch feeling sensed when each key is depressed, and durability of stoppers. Keys each...
7402741 Keyboard apparatus  
A keyboard apparatus which is capable of imparting a natural key depression feeling with a definite and positive load change, with a simplified construction. A key touch feeling-imparting mechanism...
7396987 Portable keyboard musical instrument  
A versatile portable keyboard musical instrument has a number of separable portions including a first keyboard portion detachable from a second supporting base portion for use alone, or the second...
7394013 Methods and electronic systems for fingering assignments  
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to assignment of fingering for performance of a musical piece. In one example, a processor of an electronic system receives a file having data relating to at...
7368647 Support for a musical keyboard instrument  
A support for a musical keyboard instrument has a first leg, a second leg and an adjuster. The first leg is pivotally connected to the second leg and a rod is formed in a sidewall of the second...
7368644 Top board structure for keyboard instrument  
A top board structure is adapted to a keyboard instrument (e.g., a grand piano) having a pair of a top board rear and a top board front, which are arranged close to each other with a gap...
7329812 Electronic musical instrument  
An electronic musical instrument which has a fallboard unit whose dimension in the longitudinal direction of the instrument is not increased even when the fallboard unit contains a functional...
7323628 Keyboard musical instrument having top board coupled with another board through mortise and tenon joint  
A front board, side boards and a rear board define the periphery of a cabinet for a keyboard musical instrument; a top board is connected to the front board through a mortise and tenon joint, and...
7297855 Keyboard apparatus and method of producing the keyboard apparatus  
A keyboard apparatus having mass bodies that pivotally move in accordance with a key operation that facilitates key attachment operations. In a key unit, a plurality of keys having driving parts...
7294775 Drum support assembly  
A drum support assembly includes an elongated plate that has a bottom end and a top end. The plate has a first side and a second side. A bottom panel is attached to the bottom end. The bottom panel...
7268285 Key structure and keyboard apparatus  
A key structure which has a key formed by a wood part so as to present a woody appearance and which makes it possible to prevent support members thereof that support the wood part from being...
7253349 Engineers piano with bisymmetrical manuals and accompanying musical notation system  
A 2 manual musical keyboard with the pitch progression on one of the manuals reversed. The keys on these manuals are segregated into 2 groups of 2 different heights in the same way as a standard...
7241949 ***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Electronic musical instrument  
An electronic musical instrument which has a fallboard unit whose dimension in the longitudinal direction of the instrument is not increased even when the fallboard unit contains a functional...
7227069 Insertable piano/keyboard strip for sensing key movement  
A portable modular device for the purpose of sensing key movement of a piano or keyboard, processing key movement information, and communicating at least key-note ON/OFF and key-note velocity...
7214897 Illuminated keyboard with illuminated patterns displayed on top surface of keyboard  
An illuminated keyboard with illuminated figures being formed on the top surface of the keyboard including: a top cover, a bottom cover, a plurality of keys and an electroluminescent board. The top...
7154033 Keyboard for musical instrument  
An extremely easy-to-play keyboard for musical instrument capable of forming any keyboard rows such as a semitone arrangement to a diatessaron arrangement and a chord arrangement with one keyboard...
7151212 Compact keyboard apparatus with accurate detection of key pressing speed  
A keyboard apparatus is provided with a key unit that has a plurality of keys supported for pivotal motion. Also provided is a detection section for detecting a key speed when any of the keys are...
7119270 Geometric system and method for generating tone using fluid  
A polyphonic instrument comprises a geometric system coupled with a user interface and a method for generating tone using fluid. The geometric system is arranged such that each point corresponds to...
7067730 Keyboard musical instrument having keys regulated with stable key balance pieces  
A key is an indispensable component parts of an acoustic or electronic keyboard musical instrument, and key balancers are embedded in the key for varying the moment exerted on the key; the key...
7060883 Compact keyboard apparatus with accurate detection of key pressing speed  
A keyboard apparatus is provided with a key unit that has a plurality of keys supported for pivotal motion. Also provided is a detection section for detecting a key speed when any of the keys are...
6930234 Adjustable keyboard apparatus and method  
A keyboard apparatus for musical instruments such as pianos, organs, clavichords, and harpsichords, and methods for making and using the apparatus. The apparatus includes a frame assembly, a...
6894211 Keyboard apparatus  
There is provided a keyboard apparatus which has a high durability, portability, and operability, and facilitates adaptation to a wide range of musical scenes and to multi-model production. Each...
6875913 Collapsible musical keyboard  
A musical keyboard that is collapsible between a deployed configuration and a deployed configuration. The musical keyboard including two or more modules, each module containing a different subset...
6850225 Color-coded tactile data-entry devices  
A data-entry device having manually operable input means arranged in zones for operation by corresponding fingers of a user. The device includes means for color coding such that each zone is...
6815603 Unbreakable and economical optical sensor array and keyboard musical instrument using the same  
An optical sensor array includes plural sensor heads arranged on a supporting plate at intervals for monitoring moving objects such as black/white keys of a composite keyboard musical instrument;...
6777605 Keyboard instrument  
A keyboard instrument such as an electronic piano comprises a keyboard structure that is basically identical to the keyboard structure of an upright piano except hammer assemblies and a struck...
6777604 Insertable musical keyboard device with moving inserts to detect key movement  
A portable modular apparatus that simply and unobtrusively mounts on the top of a piano or keyboard, and detects key movement. The rectangular back side of the modular apparatus serves to...
6774294 Key for musical instrument  
A key for a musical instrument is provided for facilitating the attachment of a weight, and adjustments of a touch load, while using an alternative material for substitution for lead as a material...
6740801 Action for keyboard-based musical instrument  
An action for a keyboard-based musical instrument is provided for preventing action parts made of a synthetic resin from being charged to eliminate stains due to dust and motes in the air attracted...
6740800 Portable keyboard tremolo musical instrument  
A portable instrument with strings hammered by strikers operated by keys of a chromatic keyboard is described. The unique tremolo sounding of the strings is sensitively controllable by a players's...
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