Electronic musical instrument having cover with operation panel
AssigneeNippon Gakki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMario Bellini
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Abstract
An electronic musical instrument has a pivotal cover which mounts an operation panel for controlling the functions of the instrument. Cords for connecting a main electric circuit incorporated in a musical instrument main body and control switches and elements in the operation panel are arranged through a hollow shaft constituting a pivot structure of the cover so that the connecting cords are not exposed to outside of the instrument. A foldable music sheet stand may be provided at an open end of the cover opposite to its pivot structure. When the cover is opened, the music stand can be extracted to stand up above the operation panel.
Claims21
An electronic musical instrument having a cover with an operation panel, comprising:
- a music instrument body having a keyboard portion and an electric circuit for generating musical tones;
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- a cover pivotally mounted through a pivot structure on said instrument body so as to cover said keyboard portion when said cover is closed, said cover being provided with an operation panel having operating elements required for controlling the electric circuit;
- said pivot structure comprising hollow shaft means mounted on one of said cover and said instrument body and bearing means formed in the other thereof to support said shaft means, and cord means inserted in said hollow shaft so as to electrically connect said electric circuit incorporated in said instrument body and said operating elements incorporated in said cover.
An electronic musical instrument comprising:
- a musical instrument body having a recess and a keyboard portion;
- and a cover having a pivot portion insert in said recess, said cover being arranged to cover said keyboard portion of said instrument body when said cover is closed, said cover having an inner surface provided with a plurality of operating elements so as to constitute an operation panel, some of said operating elements which are located in a vicinity of said pivot portion being received in said recess when said cover is closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.