Patent ID: 7652207

Claim:
A key structure that has a pivot, and an end toward a player, and is mountable in a keyboard apparatus such that said end thereof toward the player is pivotally moved about the pivot by key-depressing operation to thereby function as a key, comprising: a wood part; a holding member that fixedly holds said wood part; and a non-visible part that exists in a region between the end toward the player and the pivot in a longitudinal direction of the key structure, and is not visible from outside during performance of the keyboard apparatus and during non-performance thereof, said non-visible part being covered by a hidden part provided over a rear part of the key structure; wherein said non-visible part has a recess formed therein, for having mounted therein at least one functional part for realizing at least a key operation of the key structure, wherein a first concave part formed in said wood part and a second concave part which corresponds to the first concave part formed in said holding member form cooperatively the recess such that the recess is provided on a lower surface of said holding member, and wherein said at least one functional part is disposed on a bottom portion of the second concave part.