Alternative electronic musical instrument controller based on a chair platform

Apparatus for playing music by a player comprising:

• a chair for receiving the player seated on the chair;
• the chair being mounted on a base allowing front to rear tilting movement of the chair and side to side swivel movement of the chair;
• the chair having chair arms for receiving the arms of the seated player;
• the chair arms being mounted on the chair for individual side to side movement of the chair arms and for individual up and down tilting movement of the chair arms on the chair;
• each chair arm having mounted at an end thereof remote from the chair a respective one of a pair of control devices operable by the hand of the player;
• the chair being responsive to each of said tilting movement of the chair, said swivel movement of the chair, said side to side movement of the chair arms, said up and down tilting movement of the chair arms and said pair of control devices to control input signals to a musical control device.