Patent ID: 7829780

Claim:
A hybrid musical instrument for selectively producing acoustic tones and electric tones, comprising: a tubular instrument body defining a vibratory column of air therein, and having a bell through which vibrations of said vibratory column of air are propagated to the outside of said tubular instrument body as acoustic tones while a player is giving rise to said vibrations; a wind inlet piece connected to said tubular instrument body, and blown by said player; an array of manipulators provided on said tubular instrument body, and selectively manipulated by said player for specifying an attribute of both of said acoustic tones and electric tones; a bell brace connected between said bell and another portion of said tubular instrument body; and an electric system including sensors monitoring movements of said manipulators and the blow into said wind inlet piece for producing pieces of performance data and a control unit sustained by said tubular instrument body through said bell brace and connected to said sensors for producing an electric signal representative of said attribute and other attributes of said electric tones.