Musical instruments including keyboard guitars

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10460710
APP PUB NO 20190122647A1
SERIAL NO

16220686

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A musical instrument, for example, a keyboard guitar, includes a body, an elongated neck coupled to the body, neck keys disposed on the elongated neck, and an output for transmitting an electrical signal generated by the musical instrument. Activation of each neck key generates an electrical signal at the output representing a pitch associated with a musical note. The musical instrument may also include body keys disposed on the body, and a strum bar that generates an electrical signal at the output representing a pitch associated with a musical note based on which of the body keys are activated during activation of the strum bar. Further, the musical instrument may include a continuous graphic image spanning the front face of the body and the body keys, forming a continuous pattern that is unbroken across a transition between key surfaces of the body keys and the front face of the body.

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Patent Owner(s)

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HANKS MICHAEL SODIN IL

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Hanks, Michael S Odin, US 4 31

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