Electronic Keyboard Instrument
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorAkiko SHINJO
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Abstract
An electronic keyboard instrument with a hammer action, in which a circuit board for generating electronic musical tones can be disposed at a location for easy maintenance and for effective space utilization. Front and rear bars are bridged between side plates of an instrument main body so as to extend parallel to each other in the left-right direction and reinforce the instrument main body. A hammer action mechanism having hammers for respective keys is disposed rearward of a key-depression part of a keyboard and upward of a rear end portion of the keyboard, and a board tray is bridged between the front and rear bars. The board tray and the circuit board are located upward of the hammer action mechanism.
Claims13
An electronic keyboard instrument comprising:
- an instrument main body having a keybed and a keyboard disposed on the keybed;
- a hammer action mechanism disposed rearward of a key-depression part of the keyboard and upward of a rear portion of the keyboard;
- a holding part held stationary relative to said instrument main body;
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- a circuit board configured to electronically generate musical tones,
- wherein said circuit board is directly or indirectly held by said holding part at a location upward of said hammer action mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.