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US 2009/0266218 A1Published application
Folding electronic piano comprising keyboard-stiffening means
OwnerRaoul Parientiinventor
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Abstract
Foldable and portable electronic Piano composed of several modules (10, 12, 14, 16) constituted of a set of keys able to reproduce the notes of a piano thanks to its associated electronics, and including in addition <<stiffening>> means (that can provide stiffness), that can take two positions when the modules have been deployed to make a keyboard, a first position that allows to fold the keyboard and a second position providing the stiffness of the keyboard.
Claims11
1-8. (canceled)
Foldable and portable electronic piano, comprising
- several modules, each comprising a set of keys that can reproduce the music notes of an actual piano through its associated electronics, wherein said modules are linked together through a supple membrane capable of withstanding material working and which permits the electronic piano to be folded and unfolded, the modules once folded having the volume of a book and constituting the keyboard of an actual piano when they are deployed;
- and
- stiffening means which can take two positions after the modules have been deployed to make a keyboard, a first position allowing the keyboard to be folded and a second position imparting stiffness to said keyboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.