Patent ID: 9135895
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G10C

Abstract:
1. A fallboard arrangement for a keyboard instrument, for opening and closing a performance section including a keyboard disposed within an instrument body, by being slid in a front-rear direction of the keyboard instrument, comprising: a fallboard mounted to the instrument body for opening and closing the performance section, said fallboard having a right end, a left end, a front end and a back end, the front end provided at a front of the keyboard instrument and the back end provided at a back of the keyboard instrument; a pair of left and right arms provided in the instrument body such that said pair of left and right arms extend in the front-rear direction at locations outward of respective left and right ends of said fallboard, said pair of left and right anus having respective guide grooves for guiding sliding of said fallboard in the front-rear direction; a pair of left and right shield members provided at the front end of the fallboard for the respective left and right ends of said fallboard such that said pair of left and right shield members extend downward from said fallboard, said pair of left and right shield members having respective shield walls that shield areas under respective left and right ends of said fallboard at the front end of said fallboard; and a pair of left and right protruding members protruding outward from said shield walls of said pair of left and right shield members and provided at the front end of said fallboard, respectively, for engagement with the guide grooves of said pair of left and right arms, said protruding members being guided by the guide grooves of said pair of left and right arms during said sliding of said fallboard in the front-rear direction.