GB1172381A - Improvements in or relating to Musical Instruments - Google Patents

Improvements in or relating to Musical Instruments

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Publication number
GB1172381A
GB1172381A GB52172/66A GB5217266A GB1172381A GB 1172381 A GB1172381 A GB 1172381A GB 52172/66 A GB52172/66 A GB 52172/66A GB 5217266 A GB5217266 A GB 5217266A GB 1172381 A GB1172381 A GB 1172381A
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Prior art keywords
card
carriage
tune
projections
key
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GB52172/66A
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AC Gilbert Co
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AC Gilbert Co
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Application filed by AC Gilbert Co filed Critical AC Gilbert Co
Publication of GB1172381A publication Critical patent/GB1172381A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63H—TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H5/00—Musical or noise- producing devices for additional toy effects other than acoustical
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B19/00—Programme-control systems
    • G05B19/02—Programme-control systems electric
    • G05B19/04—Programme control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers
    • G05B19/12—Programme control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers using record carriers
    • G05B19/126—Programme control other than numerical control, i.e. in sequence controllers or logic controllers using record carriers using cards, tapes or discs having protuberances
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/06—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
    • G06K19/067—Record carriers with conductive marks, printed circuits or semiconductor circuit elements, e.g. credit or identity cards also with resonating or responding marks without active components
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B15/00—Teaching music
    • G09B15/08—Practice keyboards
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10D13/00—Percussion musical instruments; Details or accessories therefor
    • G10D13/01—General design of percussion musical instruments
    • G10D13/08—Multi-toned musical instruments with sonorous bars, blocks, forks, gongs, plates, rods or teeth
    • G10D13/09—Multi-toned musical instruments with sonorous bars, blocks, forks, gongs, plates, rods or teeth with keyboards
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10G—REPRESENTATION OF MUSIC; RECORDING MUSIC IN NOTATION FORM; ACCESSORIES FOR MUSIC OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. SUPPORTS
    • G10G1/00—Means for the representation of music
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10G—REPRESENTATION OF MUSIC; RECORDING MUSIC IN NOTATION FORM; ACCESSORIES FOR MUSIC OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. SUPPORTS
    • G10G1/00—Means for the representation of music
    • G10G1/02—Chord or note indicators, fixed or adjustable, for keyboard of fingerboards

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Educational Administration (AREA)
  • Educational Technology (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Electrophonic Musical Instruments (AREA)
  • Toys (AREA)
  • Switches With Compound Operations (AREA)

Abstract

1,172,381. Teaching music; keys; instruments. A. C. GILBERT CO. 22 Nov., 1966 [22 Nov., 1965], No. 52172/66. Headings G5J and G5X. A musical instrument has a sensing head which moves relative to an inserted tune card and illuminates indicators in accordance with the tune as read from the card. The card may have the tune coded on it by an arrangement of projections or holes, or may have conductive regions which are connected with contacts on the sensing head. In one form, a tune card 41 having integral projections 42 is inserted in a toy piano as shown. A carriage 50 having vertically aligned sensing pins 53 is moved horizontally across the card. The pins 53 sense the presence of the projections by deflecting spring contacts 51 into engagement with contact strips 49. The rate of traverse of the carriage is controlled by an escapement co-operating with a fixed rack. Depression of each key pivots a bail to increment the carriage. Lamps 28 located one beneath each key are selectively illuminated to indicate the next key to be depressed. The keys which are of plastics and have integral hammers strike sounding bars 21. A pin 83 projecting through a transverse slot is used to return the carriage.
GB52172/66A 1965-11-22 1966-11-22 Improvements in or relating to Musical Instruments Expired GB1172381A (en)

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US50899465A 1965-11-22 1965-11-22

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GB1172381A true GB1172381A (en) 1969-11-26

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US (1) US3420135A (en)
CH (1) CH461330A (en)
DE (1) DE1294169B (en)
FR (1) FR1500661A (en)
GB (1) GB1172381A (en)

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US3720128A (en) * 1971-12-30 1973-03-13 E Frank Tone indicating music box and its application to a music instrument
US4061072A (en) * 1976-02-10 1977-12-06 Castillo Juan M Del Device to identify chords on a keyboard instrument and key mechanism for use therewith
JPH0348607Y2 (en) * 1986-10-07 1991-10-17
US5576505A (en) * 1994-08-09 1996-11-19 Gair Linhart Music prompter for indicating note/chord changes to developmentally disabled individuals or orchestras
US5739457A (en) * 1996-09-26 1998-04-14 Devecka; John R. Method and apparatus for simulating a jam session and instructing a user in how to play the drums
US6369313B2 (en) 2000-01-13 2002-04-09 John R. Devecka Method and apparatus for simulating a jam session and instructing a user in how to play the drums
JP2000112477A (en) * 1998-09-30 2000-04-21 Casio Comput Co Ltd Keyboard
US6755713B1 (en) 2003-05-08 2004-06-29 Mattel Toy with correlated audible and visual outputs
JP5066817B2 (en) * 2006-03-06 2012-11-07 ヤマハ株式会社 Musical instrument
US8901405B1 (en) 2013-08-22 2014-12-02 McCarthy Music Corp. Electronic piano training device
US9082313B1 (en) * 2014-07-21 2015-07-14 McCarthy Music Corp. Interactive piano training system
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US1607226A (en) * 1925-07-28 1926-11-16 Charles E Wood Music-teaching device
US1733477A (en) * 1926-08-28 1929-10-29 Aeolian Co Instruction device for musical instruments
US2811072A (en) * 1953-12-31 1957-10-29 Anson I Isaacson Educational piano
US2792739A (en) * 1954-06-11 1957-05-21 Isaacson Anson Indicating musical instrument and tune card therefor
US2897712A (en) * 1955-01-24 1959-08-04 Walter J Braner Educational keyboard musical instrument
CH364973A (en) * 1959-04-08 1962-10-15 Foufounis Jean Musical instrument comprising an apparatus intended to facilitate the study of that instrument

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US3420135A (en) 1969-01-07
DE1294169B (en) 1969-04-30
FR1500661A (en) 1967-11-03
CH461330A (en) 1968-08-15

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Legal Events

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PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PLNP Patent lapsed through nonpayment of renewal fees