Patent ID: 7741555
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A hybrid wind musical instrument for selectively producing acoustic tones and electric tones, comprising: a tubular instrument body defining a vibratory column of air therein; a wind inlet piece connected to said tubular instrument body, and blown by a player for vibrations of said vibratory column of air; a key mechanism provided on a surface of said tubular instrument body, and including plural component parts selectively driven by said player for specifying a pitch of said acoustic tones and a pitch of said electric tones; and an electric system including first sensors monitoring movements of selected ones of said plural component parts and having respective movable parts and respective stationary parts so as to produce first detecting signals representative of pieces of performance data through relative motion between said movable parts and said stationary parts, second sensors monitoring the blow into said wind inlet piece for producing second detecting signals representative of other pieces of performance data, driven parts connected to said selected ones of said component parts and retaining said movable parts so that said movable parts are moved in the vicinity of said stationary parts, and a control unit connected to said first sensors and said second sensors for producing an electric signal representative of said electric tones to be produced on the basis of said pieces of performance data and said other pieces of performance data.