Electronic keyboard instrument with halved key travel

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EP 1 005 014 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	07.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/10

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	31.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/22

(21)	Application number: 99811012.6

(22)	Date of filing: 04.11.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G10C 3/12, G10H 1/32

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

26.11.1998 CH 234898

(71)	Applicant: Ferrari, Claudio
	6596 Gordola (CH)

(72)	Inventor:
	Ferrari, Claudio 6596 Gordola (CH)

(74)	Representative: Fiammenghi-Domenighetti, Delfina
	Fiammenghi-Fiammenghi, Via San Gottardo 15 6900 Lugano 6900 Lugano (CH)

(54)	Electronic keyboard instrument with halved key travel

(57) 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.

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