Patent ID: 6194649
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
keyboard musical instrument comprisingan acoustic keyboard including plural keys respectively assigned pitch names and selectively depressed by a player, plural music strings respectively associated with said plural keys and plural strikers driven by depressing said plural keys for striking the associated music strings, anda silent system includinga stopper moved between a free position and a blocking position so that said plural strikers strike said plural music strings without any interruption thereof at said free position and rebound thereon at said blocking position before striking said plural music strings anda change-over mechanism having a first transmitter connected to said stopper for changing said stopper between said free position and said blocking position and a second transmitter held in contact with said first transmitter without any restriction in a first direction for transmitting a force to said first transmitter in a second direction different from said first direction.