Patent ID: 8193438
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: G10H,H04R

Abstract:
1. An electronic keyboard musical instrument which is placed on a supporting surface when it is used, comprising: an instrument main unit which includes a keyboard having a plurality of keys and which generates electrical signals in response to depressions of the keys of the keyboard; a speaker which has a front side and a rear side and which produces sounds corresponding to the electrical signals from the instrument main unit; and an instrument main unit supporting member which is placed on the supporting surface and which includes an outer surface facing an external space, the outer surface including a lower surface region facing the supporting surface, an internal space surrounded by the outer surface and housing the instrument main unit at a position apart upward from the supporting surface, and an opening formed in the lower surface region of the outer surface and communicating the internal space with the external space, wherein the speaker is attached to the lower surface region of the outer surface with the front side facing the opening, and wherein the instrument main unit further comprises a plurality of key-responsive moving members which move in response to movements of the keys, and a moving range restricting member which is provided on the instrument main unit supporting member to cross the opening in the instrument main unit supporting member and which contacts each of the key-responsive moving members to restrict a moving range of each key-responsive moving member.