Portable securing assembly for an electric musical instrument
OwnerPaul de Vriesinventor
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Abstract
A portable electric keyboard musical instrument is disclosed which includes (1) a two-part folding supporting structure, (2) a plurality of vibratile reeds with each having an end fixedly attached to the supporting structure, (3) a plurality of actions for selectively causing respective reeds to vibrate and pickup devices used in spaced relation to the reeds for generating an electrical frequency from the vibrations of the reeds. The keyboard is contained in a hand transportable case which is foldable and serves as a support and protective assembly for the keyboard.
Claims7
In an electric keyboard musical instrument having a plurality of actions including keys, reeds and pickup means in spaced relation to said reeds for generating an electric oscillation signal from the vibrations of said reeds and control components therefor, a hand protable protective and securing assembly, comprising:
- a protective and supporting assembly including two housing members being hingably connected to each other, whereby said members are adapted to be positioned in a longitudinally aligned configuration and a folded adjacent configuration,
- each member having an open portion along a first longitudinal section thereof through which said keys extend, said open portions being adapted to be in longitudinally aligned configuration;
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- removable panel members adapted to overlie the keys and interconnect with said members to form a protective casing for said keys when the members are in a folded configuration, said housing members have bottom, back and top walls which enclose the actions, reeds and pick-up means except along the open portion, and said panel members and said housing members interconnect with an end member to complete the casing when the housing members are in a folded configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.