Patent ID: 6982375
Filing Date: 2006-01-03
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A method of teaching a student to play the piano comprising the steps of (a) providing an interface device having an elongated carriage, a pair of gloves slidably mounted on said carriage, finger sleeves in each of said pair of gloves adapted to receive the fingers of a student, said finger sleeves connected to a controller, said controller commanding movement of said finger sleeves, a computer including a monitor and a sound circuit connected to said controller, said controller commands generated by computer programs, (b) mounting said interface adjacent a piano keyboard to register said position of said gloves on said carriage to match the position of the keys on the keyboard, (c) initiating said computer program, said program including a musical score, (d) commanding said controller to send signals to said finger sleeves to strike the key to correspond to the keyboard key necessary to play said musical score, (e) providing a visual representation on said monitor of the proper positioning of the hands on the keyboard necessary to play said musical score, and (f) providing the correct sound for said musical score shown on said monitor.