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8106288 |
Methods and apparatus for transmitting finger positions to stringed instruments having a light-system
The invention provides systems and methods of for displaying on a second instrument finger positions that were played on a first instrument. A teacher, for example, can play notes and/or chords on...
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8106287 |
Tone control apparatus and method using virtual damper position
Virtual damper position data, simulatively representing a position of a damper member provided for suppressing vibration of a string in a physical tone generating mechanism of the acoustic piano,...
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8084681 |
Distortion pedal
A combination distortion pedal and amplifier includes a foot pedal controls the distortion and the amplification of audio signals. The level of distortion and amplification are determined by the...
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7919708 |
Electronic musical instrument
A computer portion 70 determines main reaction force RF0 by use of a main reaction force table storing main reaction forces which vary according to the velocity and the depth of a depression of the...
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7863514 |
Methods and apparatus for transmitting finger positions to stringed instruments having a light-system
The invention provides systems and methods of for displaying on a second instrument finger positions that were played on a first instrument. A teacher, for example, can play notes and/or chords on...
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7820904 |
Phantom powered pedals
Musical instrument effects pedals are powered from adjacent pedals by providing electrical connectors between adjacent pedals and by providing tip-ring-sleeve jacks in the pedals and three wire...
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7745719 |
Electronic keyboard musical instrument
An electronic keyboard musical instrument which can realize natural sounds with favorable sound quality as an acoustic piano. A sound board (33) made of a plate member is vibrated so as to generate...
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7709726 |
Foot controlled effects knob and related methods
A foot controlled effects knob controls a variable electronic component. A receptacle couples with a spindle of the variable electronic component. One or more wings extend from the receptacle to...
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7608776 |
Modular structures facilitating field-customized floor controllers
The invention allows for easy field-customization of floor controllers using techniques that are similar to those applicable to the easy creation of aggregated instruments. The invention further...
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7525039 |
Electronic bass drum
An Electronic Bass Drum includes one or more loudspeakers, an internal amplifier system, an optional electronic drum module and control panel, an impact sensitive electronic kick pad, an attachment...
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7498506 |
Foot volume pedal systems and methods
A pedal system and method for a musical instrument includes a supporting pedestal operatively connected to a foot pedal such that the foot pedal is pivotal to allow a user to control a musical tone...
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7476799 |
Sound-effect foot pedal for electric/electronic musical instruments
The CHOPPER has a unique treadle design which allows a better utilization of space in order to accommodate the control functions in a compact foot-pedal sound effect. In the case of the CHOPPER,...
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7468483 |
Electronic percussion instrument and displacement detection apparatus
An electronic percussion instrument with a single cymbal and a displacement detection apparatus that detects the displacement of an electronic cymbal. The electronic percussion instrument is...
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7408104 |
Pedal device for drum
A pedal device for a drum includes a base plate, a pedal, a chain, a pivot shaft, a beater, and an extension coil spring. When the pedal is freed from a depressed state, the urging force of the...
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7396994 |
Electronic keyboard instrument
An electronic keyboard instrument includes a keyboard attachment frame section having a keyboard section; a rear frame section joined to a rear portion of the lower surface of the keyboard...
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7361829 |
Keyboard musical instrument displaying depression values of pedals and keys
A keyboard musical instrument supports lessons in practicing musical performance on a keyboard to allow users to learn musical performance expressions. In accordance with a teacher's model...
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7345235 |
Keyboard musical instrument having keys equipped with balancers biting into keys and method for securing balancers to keys
Keys of an acoustic piano require balancers for cancellation of a part of self weight of the action units/hammers; however, the balancers are liable to be dropped off due to the aged deterioration...
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7326849 |
Foot-operated docking station for electronic modules used with musical instruments
A modular docking station receives a variety of electronic modules, such as a tuner, effects processor, signal conditioner, signal distributor, and signal converter, for use with a musical...
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7323633 |
Methods and apparatus for transmitting finger positions to stringed instruments having a light-system
The invention provides systems and methods of for displaying on a second instrument finger positions that were played on a first instrument. A teacher, for example, can play notes and/or chords on...
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7259317 |
Pickup and base structure of a drum head
This invention relates to a pickup and base structure of a drum head, in particular, a pickup applied to a mesh head or a hard drum head having the base thereof in a hollow L-shape, thereby...
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7045701 |
Expression shoe
An expression shoe includes a pedal, a base, and a bearing arrangement rotatably connecting the pedal to the base. A sensor arrangement produces a senor signal corresponding to a rotational...
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6965070 |
Upright keyboard instrument
An upright keyboard instrument comprises a prescribed number of keys that are interlocked with actions, hammer assemblies, and a plate spring unit, which is interlocked with a loud pedal. When the...
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6815604 |
Electronic percussion instrument
An electronic percussion instrument is constituted by a hi-hat, a stand, and a foot pedal, wherein the hi-hat is interlocked with the foot pedal via a movable shaft. In the hi-hat, a core plate...
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6794569 |
Acoustic instrument triggering device and method
An acoustic instrument triggering device has a body portion that may be mounted on an acoustic or example, a drum. An arm extends from the body portion. A sensor, which includes, a transducer, is...
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6777606 |
Automatic accompanying apparatus of electronic musical instrument
In an electronic musical instrument, a key operation detecting section detects a key operation on a keyboard, and the hand key operation contains a key pushing operation and a key releasing...
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6777608 |
Integrated sound trigger musical instruments
A stringed musical instrument with integrated sound triggers allowing for the simultaneous production, when played, of acoustic and electric signals and beats within a single time movement. The...
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6743971 |
Electronic musical keyboard operated by foot for amusement and exercise
An electronic amusement-exercise device includes a keyboard, an electronic circuit board disposed in the keyboard, and a plurality of keys mounted on the keyboard. As the keys are treaded on by the...
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6689947 |
Real-time floor controller for control of music, signal processing, mixing, video, lighting, and other systems
A floor controller for real-time control of signal processors, synthesizers, musical instruments, MIDI processors, lighting, video, and special effects in performance, recording, and composition...
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6545204 |
Musical effect box pedal assembly
A musical effect box pedal assembly includes a first pedal means adapted for operating a first musical effect box switch and a second pedal means adapted for operating a second musical effect box...
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6215055 |
Foot pedal boards for musical instruments
A pedal board for releasably retaining a plurality of foot pedal operated sound effect generators used in conjunction with musical instruments, such as guitars. The pedal board comprises an upper...
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6201173 |
System for remotely playing a percussion musical instrument
An arrangement for enabling facile and efficient operation of at least one bass drum mallet, in combination with at least one bass drum, such that the bass drum with its associated mallet can be...
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6075197 |
Apparatus and method for providing interactive drum lessons
An interactive drum set includes a storage device for storing data representing sounds of a plurality of background music styles, sounds of a plurality of drum beat sequences, and sounds of a...
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5981862 |
Guitar effects pedal with foot operated overdrive control dial
A guitar effects pedal system is provided including a base and a pair of ports mounted on the base for receiving an input cord to a guitar and an output core to an amplifier, respectively. An...
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5977474 |
Continuously variable circuit for producing an output signal having a continuously variable amount of clean and distorted signals
An amplifier circuit for providing a combined clean and dirty output signal from an electric guitar. The circuit comprises a panning pedal that has two potentiometers attached thereto so that...
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5973253 |
Electronic musical instrument for conducting an arpeggio performance of a stringed instrument
An electronic musical instrument for conducting an arpeggio performance of a stringed instrument capable of readily producing a pattern for the arpeggio performance as one likes, and also of...
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5900573 |
Percussion accompaniment device
The present invention relates to a device designed to accompany the playing of a guitar or other non-percussion instrument, which provides the capability for a musician to accompany his own playing...
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5834671 |
Wirless system for switching guitar pickups
A wireless system is provided for switching the pickups of a guitar. The system may work in conjunction with MIDI devices such as effects processors. The system includes a transmitter and a...
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5827988 |
Electronic musical instrument with an instruction device for performance practice
An electronic musical instrument having a plurality of performance operation elements such as a plurality of keys on a keyboard, wherein a series of memorized performance data indicative of the...
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5744743 |
Pedal resonance effect simulation device for digital pianos
The present invention relates to a pedal resonance effect simulation device for digital pianos consisting of a resonance effect circuit for the simulation of the resonance effects in the strings of...
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5741993 |
Electronic keyboard having a discrete pitch bender
Provided is an electronic keyboard, which has a sequentially variable operating terminal, that comprises: a detector for detecting an operational displacement of the sequentially variable operating...
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5726374 |
Keyboard electronic musical instrument with guitar emulation function
A polyphonic electronic musical instrument is provided wherein a keyboard is used to trigger arpeggiated chords which emulate a strumming guitar sound. Select keys are provided for selecting which...
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5659145 |
Foot operated audio signal controller with lighted visual reference
A foot-operated signal controlling pedal with a series of LED's integrated in the pedal housing to indicate signal level. The pedal may perform one or more of a variety of sound effect functions...
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5627336 |
Percussion instrument having an electromagnetic sensor
A musical instrument providing a base board, an elongated tone board mounted on the base board, the tone board having a first portion made of a material that is not ferro-magnetic and a second...
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5550321 |
Foot operated electronic musical apparatus
A foot operated electronic musical instrument with a plurality of foot actuated pedals, which correspond to the notes produced by a bass guitar. Depressing a particular pedal causes an electronic...
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5459283 |
Power system for electronic musical instruments
A power module transmits power to and simultaneously receives a signal from a remote signal processing device, such as an effects pedal, which in turn transmits power to and simultaneously receives...
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5350883 |
Electronic musical instrument with a pedal
An electronic piano with a pedal, which can control various parameters by the pedal. The electronic piano has a mode switch for selecting a mode, and the electoronic piano switches parameters to be...
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5322967 |
Method and device for executing musical control with a pedal for an electronic musical instrument
According to the invention, a pedal operation is permitted independently for each group in a keyboard, and thus various ways of sounding musical tones can be realized. More specifically, a...
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5274710 |
Pedal volume control for electric instruments
A variable impedance device which is connected between the preamplifier of a microphone or electric instrument and a public address system for controlling the signal volume of a musical...
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5241130 |
Electronic keyboard musical instrument with pedal effect determined by zone color
An electronic musical instrument comprises a pitch designation device such as a keyboard, performance manipulators such as foot pedals, a tone color designation device such as tone color switches...
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5210367 |
Automatic performance device for a keyboard instrument
An automatic performance device for a keyboard instrument such as piano, organ, cembalo and celesta includes operators such as keys and a pedal provided in a keyboard instrument for producing...
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