Performer-supported keyboard
OwnerJocelyn B. Taitinventor
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Abstract
A performer-supported keyboard is designed to be worn by a performer or technician, either while standing, or walking, or seated. The keyboard has an arcuate shape, and a rigid support frame, to be supported by one shoulder and the opposite waist of the performer or technician. Second or third keyboards may be associated with the performer-supported keyboard disclosed, and the entire assembly is designed to be readily put on or removed by a performer, and to permit maximum mobility.
Claims13
A performer-supported keyboard comprising:
- a keyboard which has an arcuate shape defined by the arc of a forearm of a performer as it pivots naturally from one side of the performer then inwardly across his abdomen and upwardly across his chest;
- a rigid support frame for said keyboard being attached to said keyboard near the upper end thereof, said support frame having an upwardly extending portion adapted to curve over a shoulder of the performer to be supported thereby, and a portion curving downwardly across the bottom of the performer's rib cage, on the side opposite said shoulder, and thence curving around the waist and hips of the performer to be supported thereby;
- whereby said keyboard on said support frame may be readily put on or removed by a performer, and permit mobility to said performer while wearing such keyboard.
A musical instrument adapted to be supported by a performer comprising a panel member having a curved, three-dimensional, elongated surface, a key board comprising finger operated elements arranged one after another in a series along at least a substantial portion of the length of said surface, said surface being curved to form an arc corresponding generally to an arc traced by an operating hand of said performer as the arm is pivoted during the playing of the instrument and being also curved to permit the fingers of said hand to readily operate any of said elements, and a supporting apparatus connected to said panel member to support said panel member in an operating position on said performer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.