Patent ID: 6969795

Claim:
A baton for cooperation with an electronic tone generation system to produce different audible sounds in response to different movements of the baton, comprising: a housing having an end portion grippable by a user's hand for movement in a plane between at least a first free position and a second position; a motion sensor carried in said housing a spaced distance from said end portion for producing an electromagnetic signal in response to said movements; and a signal processor carried in said housing for cooperating with said motion sensor to produce a transmittable play signal corresponding to movement of the baton to said first position and a transmittable mute signal corresponding to movement to said second position; said transmittable play signal corresponding to a sound made by a musical instrument, and said transmittable mute signal corresponding to a sound made by a musical instrument when muted; whereby the user is able to produce either full or muted sounds by moving the baton between said first and second positions.