Musical instrument equipped with a pedal, and method therefor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9087494
APP PUB NO 20130180377A1
SERIAL NO

13742572

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In a player piano, a position sensor is provided on an end portion of a lifting rail for detecting a vertical position of the lifting rail. In storing performance data of dampers, a signal output from the position sensor and indicative of a vertical position of the lifting rail is converted into a digital signal, and a position value indicative of the position of the lifting rail is generated on the basis of the digital signal and stored into a buffer. A conversion section converts the position value into a vertical position of a pedal rod connected to a damper pedal, and the thus-converted vertical position is converted, into a control value which a control change message of the damper pedal in MIDI-format data can take. The control value obtained in the aforementioned manner can be recorded into a recording medium as performance information.

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YAMAHA CORPORATIONSHIZUOKA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujiwara, Yuji Hamamatsu, JP 163 1847
Matsuo, Yoshiya Hamamatsu, JP 8 37
Oba, Yasuhiko Hamamatsu, JP 41 327

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