EP 1005014 A3 20010307 - Electronic keyboard instrument with halved key travel
Title (en)
Electronic keyboard instrument with halved key travel
Title (de)
Elektronisches Tastaturinstrument mit halben Tastenweg
Title (fr)
Instrument électronique à clavier avec demie course de touche
Publication
Application
Priority
CH 234898 A 19981126
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP1005014A2] An electronic instrument (1) with a keyboard (8), characterized in that it comprises a minimum of 46 to a maximum of 160 white keys (2) and black keys (3), and in that the distance travelled (5) by each white key (2) and each black key (3) from the point (4) at which it is struck and the point (5) at which it stops is equal to approximately half that of a piano keyboard, and the dimensions of each of the said white keys (2) and black keys (3) are identical to those of the corresponding white and black keys of a piano accordion. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
CPC (source: EP)
Citation (search report)
- [A] US 5557057 A 19960917 - STARR HARVEY W [US]
- [A] US 4782734 A 19881108 - ROSE ERMA L [US]
- [A] US 4362934 A 19821207 - MCLEY DAVID M
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 99811012 A 19991104