Patent ID: 8604326

Claim:
A system comprising a first and second keyboard and a single pedal, where said single pedal is a sustain foot pedal, said sustain foot pedal comprising: a body; a first switch carried by the body; a second switch carried by the body; an actuating member capable of being moved from a first position to a second position and back from the second position to the first position, wherein in the second position the actuating member simultaneously activates both the first switch and the second switch, and wherein when the actuating member is in the first position both the first switch and the second switch are deactivated; a cable having at least one ¼inch plug for connecting with at least one of the first keyboard and second keyboard; a first communication line in communication with the first switch, wherein when the first switch is activated a first sustain signal is communicated through the first line to the first keyboard to cause the first keyboard to sustain a first note when a key of the first keyboard is depressed by a musician when playing the first keyboard to sustain the first note played; and a second communication line in communication with the second switch, wherein when the second switch is activated a second sustain signal is communicated through the second line to the second keyboard to cause the second keyboard to sustain a second note when a key of the second keyboard is depressed by a musician when playing the second keyboard to sustain the second note played, wherein notes played by the first keyboard and the second keyboard are simultaneously sustained; wherein the first keyboard and the second keyboard are independent from one another, such that the first keyboard and second keyboard do not receive shared signals.