Patent ID: 6229081
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
A musical instrument comprising:plural manipulators movable within respective monitored ranges, and selectively manipulated by a player for specifying an attribute of sound; anda position sensing device including plural sensors respectively provided for said plural manipulators and respectively creating said monitored ranges, a physical quantity in each of said monitored ranges being varied depending upon a current position of associated one of said manipulators, anda controller, said controller capable of:storing a first relation between the amount of said physical quantity and the current positions of said manipulators,storing a second relation between a relative value of said amount of the physical quantity and said current positions of said manipulators, anddetermining the current position of each manipulated manipulator on the basis of the amount of physical quantity supplied from associated one of said plural sensors,wherein said controller calculates said relative value on the basis of said amount of the physical quantity supplied from said associated one of said plural sensors for determining said current position of said each manipulated manipulator.