Musical instrument for chord accompaniment

• US 3,916,754 A
• Filed: 12/30/1974
• Issued: 11/04/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Wilhelm M. Thiel
• Original Assignee: Wilhelm M. Thiel
• Inventors: Thiel, Wilhelm M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Franklin, Lawrence R.
• Application Number:
  US05/537,182
• Time in Patent Office: 309 Days
• Field of Search: 84/402-404,423-424,427-428
• US Class Current: 84/402
• CPC Class Codes: G10C 3/12 Keyboards; Keys
• CPC Class Codes: G10C 3/30 Couplers, e.g. for playing octaves
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/32 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/38 Chord

Abstract

A musical instrument for producing chord accompaniment when at least three adjacent tone producing means are struck simultaneously. The tone producing means are uniquely arranged in pairs spaced a semitone apart. The pairs are arranged in a transverse series alternately a double whole tone and one and one-half tones apart on an ascending musical scale.

Claims

1. A musical instrument for chord accompaniment comprising a plurality of tone producing means, said tone producing means arranged in axially aligned pairs which paired means produce tones one-half musical interval apart, a plurality of said pairs being transversely arranged in offset side by side relationship such that one member of each pair is adjacent both members of the flanking pairs, said transversely arranged pairs being in an ordered series so that the tone producing means are alternately arranged a double whole musical interval and one and one-half musical interval apart on an ascending scale.

2. A musical instrument according to Claim 1 in which pairs of tone producing means are as follows:

E, F;

G sharp, A;

B, C;

D sharp, E;

F sharp (G flat), G;

B flat, B;

D flat, D;

F, F sharp;

A flat, A;

C, C sharp;

E flat, E;

G, G sharp;

B flat, B;

D, D sharp;

F, F sharp;

A, B flat;

C, C sharp; and

E, F.