Patent ID: 6586666
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
An electronic musical instrument of a drum type comprising:at least one pad member that has at least one surface to be beaten; at least one detecting device that detects beats on the surface to be beaten of said at least one pad member; a musical tone signal-generating section that generates a musical tone signal in response to an output from said at least one detecting device; a light transmitter in a linear form arranged along a periphery of said pad member, said light transmitter having one end, another end, and an exposed surface, part of the exposed surface being roughened to provide a light-emitting surface; and a light source arranged in the vicinity of the one end of said light transmitter, for emitting light toward the one end, wherein said light transmitter guides light emitted from said light source and entering said light transmitter via the one end, by utilizing principles of light propagation of an optical fiber, toward the other end, and at the same time causes at least part of the light entering via the one end to emit out of said light transmitter.