Acoustic control system for electronic musical instrument

• US 6,916,980 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2003
• Issued: 07/12/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
• Inventors: Torii, Katsuhiko, Ishida, Tadayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Fletcher, Marlon T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Warren, David S.
• Application Number:
  US10/420,899
• Publication Number:
  US 20030196541A1
• Time in Patent Office: 811 Days
• Field of Search: 847/43, 846/01, 84D/IG.1, 381/118, 381/17, 381/87, 381/334, 381/335, 381/386, 381/111, 381/59, 381/116, 381/119, 381/61, 381/306, 381/337, 381/794, 381/74, 381/309, 181/199, 181/148, 181/160
• US Class Current: 84/743
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/32 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 84/01 Plural speakers

Abstract

An acoustic control system for an electronic musical instrument, which can obtain optimal acoustic characteristics irrespective of whether or not a low range speaker is attached to a body thereof. A piano body has high range and mid range speakers. A low range speaker is removable from the body. A stand-excluding switch designates a first speaker-use mode for using the high range and mid range speakers alone, and a stand-including switch designates a both speaker-use mode for using both the high range and mid range speakers and the low range speaker. A ROM stores stand-excluding and stand-including factors for setting acoustic characteristics in the two modes, respectively. A CPU reads one of the factors, which corresponds to the mode designated by the stand-excluding or stand-including switch. A tone generator circuit generates a musical tone signal to be reproduced in one of the modes, based on the read factor.

Claims

1. An acoustic control system for an electronic musical instrument, comprising:

a musical instrument body having a first speaker;

a second speaker removable from said musical instrument body;

designation means for designating one of a first speaker-use mode for using said first speaker alone and a both speaker-use mode for using both said first speaker and said second speaker, as a speaker use mode;

storage means for storing first and second acoustic-characterizing factors different from each other, for use in setting acoustic characteristics in the first speaker-use mode and the both speaker-use mode, respectively;

reading means for reading one of the first and second acoustic-characterizing factors, the one corresponding to the speaker use mode designated by said designation means; and

musical tone signal-generating means for generating a musical tone signal to be reproduced through said first speaker or both said first speaker and said second speaker, based on the read one of the first and second acoustic-characterizing factors.

2. An acoustic control system according to claim 1, wherein said designation means comprises a switch for operation by a player for designation of the speaker use mode.

3. An acoustic control system according to claim 1, wherein said designation means includes detection means for detecting whether or not said second speaker is attached to said musical instrument body, and setting means for setting the speaker use mode to the first speaker-use mode when it is detected by said detection means that said second speaker is not attached to said musical instrument body, and setting the speaker use mode to the both speaker-use mode when it is detected by said detection means that said second speaker is attached to said musical instrument body.

4. An acoustic control system according to claim 1, wherein said second speaker is a speaker for reproducing tones in a low-frequency range.

5. An acoustic control system according to claim 1, further including tone volume-setting means for setting a tone volume of said second speaker independently of a tone volume of the first speaker.

6. An acoustic control system according to claim 1, wherein said second speaker is arranged in a stand that is removably attached to said musical instrument body, for supporting said musical instrument body.