JPH09101782A - Electronic musical instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the outward appearance and lower the manufacture cost by forming a storage recessed part for storing an operation part for operation for a musical performance in an exterior material and providing a lid which opens and closes the storage recessed part. SOLUTION: The storage recessed part 2 which is laterally long and rectangular is formed in the right end part of a square rod (exterior material) 7, and a power switch (operation member) 4, a terminal for headphones (terminal) 5, and a sound volume variable resistor (operation member) 6 are stored side by side in the storage recessed part 2. The lid 3 is formed of a woody plate painted in black as well as the square rod 7 and fitted rotatably between the lower end parts of the right and left side walls of the storage recessed part 2. An iron plate 11 is fitted to the reverse surface of the lid 3 and a magnet is fitted to the storage recessed part 2 opposite it respectively; when the lid is closed, the lid 3 is locked in level with the square rod 7 with the magnetic force of the magnet 12. Consequently, a neat excellent appearance is obtained and the storage recessed part 2 is formed by making good use of the existent exterior material to eliminate the need for a conventional control box.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an electronic musical instrument such as an electronic piano or an electronic organ.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The applicant of the present invention has already proposed, for example, in Japanese Patent Application No. 7-136740, an electronic piano that pursues the appearance and touch of an acoustic upright piano (hereinafter simply referred to as "upright piano"). doing.
As shown in FIG. 5, the electronic piano 51 differs from a normal electronic piano in that it has the same outer shape and outer dimensions as the upright piano and is painted black. Have The electronic piano 51 is configured to output only pseudo electronic sounds of acoustic piano sounds, and is equipped with a simulated action device (not shown) imitating an action device used in an upright piano. There is. With this configuration, the electronic piano 51 can obtain an appearance, tone color, and touch feeling that are similar to those of an upright piano, and can perform as if playing an upright piano.

On the other hand, the electronic piano 51 has a power source ON / OFF as a peculiar constituent element which is not present in the upright piano.
There is provided a power switch 4 for use, a headphone terminal 5 used for mute performance, and a volume control 6 for volume setting for noise prevention and muffler performance to the surroundings. The power switch 4 includes a switch body made of translucent plastic and an LED arranged on the back side of the switch body.
(Not shown), the LED lights up when the power is on,
The state is displayed. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, these constituent elements 4 to 6 are juxtaposed to the front surface of the control box 52 fixed to the lower right end of the shelf 8 on the back side of the mouthpiece 7, and the chair ( It is adapted to be operated or connected by a player sitting in (not shown).

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional electronic piano 51, the control box 52 projects from the bottom of the shelf 8 and the power switch 4 and the like are exposed, which impairs the appearance and improves the appearance. It creates a strange appearance with the light piano. Further, the control box 52 has to be formed separately from the exterior of the electronic piano, which causes an increase in manufacturing cost.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic musical instrument capable of improving the appearance and reducing the manufacturing cost.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, in the electronic musical instrument of the present invention, a storage recess is formed in the exterior material, and an operation member operated for playing is stored in the storage recess. In addition, a lid for opening and closing the storage recess is provided.

According to this electronic musical instrument, the operation member can be operated by opening the lid, and when the lid is closed, the operation member is hidden by the lid and cannot be seen from the outside. As described above, in this electronic musical instrument, since the operating member is housed in the housing concave portion of the exterior material and hidden by the lid except during the operation, a neat and good appearance can be obtained. Further, the storage recess is formed by using the existing exterior material, and the conventional control box is not required, so that the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

In this case, it is preferable that the input / output terminals are further stored in the storage recess. According to this configuration, even when it is necessary to provide an input / output terminal such as a headphone terminal, the same operation as described above can be obtained.

In these cases, it is preferable that the lid is made of a material having the same color and the same material as the exterior material and is attached to the exterior material so as to be flush with the exterior material when closed. With this configuration, the sense of unity between the lid and the mouthpiece when the lid is closed is enhanced, and a better appearance can be obtained.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same reference numerals are used for the elements having the same configurations and functions as those of the conventional electronic piano 51 of FIGS. 5 and 6 described above.

FIG. 4 shows the overall appearance of an electronic piano to which the present invention has been applied. As shown in the same figure, this electronic piano 1 has the same exterior as an upright piano, such as a black paint coating, like the conventional electronic piano 51, and has a pseudo electronic sound of acoustic piano sound. In addition to pronouncing only the upright piano, it is equipped with a simulated action device (not shown) similar to the upright piano, which makes it possible to obtain an appearance, tone and touch feeling very similar to the upright piano. There is.

As shown in FIG. 1, in this electronic piano 1, a horizontally-long rectangular storage recess 2 is formed at the right end of a mouthpiece (exterior material) 7, a power switch (operation member) 4, a headphone terminal (terminal). ) 5 and the volume control (operation member) 6 are housed and arranged side by side in the housing recess 2.
The storage recess 2 is provided with a lid 3 for opening and closing the storage recess 2. The lid 3 is made of a wood plate that is painted black like the mouth bar 7, and is rotatably attached between the lower ends of the left and right side walls of the storage recess 2. The iron plate 11 is on the back surface of the lid 3,
Correspondingly, magnets 12 are attached to the storage recesses 2, and when the lid 3 is closed, the magnets 12 are attached.
The lid 3 is locked so as to be flush with the mouthpiece 7 by the magnetic force of.

According to the above construction, when the lid 3 is opened, the power switch 4, the headphone terminal 5 and the volume control 6 appear as shown in FIG. 1 (a) so that they can be operated or connected. When the lid 3 is closed, the power switch 4 and the like are hidden by the lid 3 and cannot be seen from the outside, as shown in FIG. As described above, in the electronic piano 1, the power switch 4 and the like are housed in the housing recess 2 formed in the mouthpiece 7 and hidden by the lid 3 except when operating, so that a neat and good appearance can be obtained. You can In particular, since the lid 3 is made of the same black wood material as the mouthpiece 7 and is flush with the mouthpiece 7 when closed, the sense of unity between the lid 3 and the mouthpiece 7 is enhanced. , A very good appearance is obtained. Also, the existing mouthpiece 7
This is a simple structure in which the storage recess 2 is formed by utilizing the above, and the lid 3 is simply attached to the storage recess 2. Therefore, the conventional control box 52 is not required, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a latch that locks the lid 3 when the lid 3 is closed is
It is composed of an engagement projection 13 provided on the back surface of the lid 3 and a projection receiver 14 provided correspondingly to the storage recess 2, and other configurations are exactly the same as those of the first embodiment described above. is there. According to this configuration, when the lid 3 is closed, the engaging projection 13 engages with the projection receiver 14 to lock the lid 3. Therefore, in the second embodiment as well, exactly the same effects as in the first embodiment can be obtained. It should be noted that such a latch can be configured by means other than those of the both embodiments. For example, a well-known latch of a type that is locked when the lid is pushed once and unlocked when the lid is pushed again is adopted. May be.

FIG. 3 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the storage recess 2 is not the
It is formed on the top surface of the time signature 15. Beat tree 15
As shown in FIG. 4, is usually provided on both sides of a keyboard (not shown) of the electronic piano 1, and in the present embodiment, a storage recess 2 is formed in the right side timepiece 15. Therefore, also in this embodiment, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiments can be obtained. Particularly in this embodiment, since the lid 3 becomes horizontal when closed, the latch can be omitted, and there is an advantage that a lid receiver (not shown) for simply supporting the lid 3 is provided.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above and can be implemented in various modes.
For example, in the embodiment described above, the lid is rotatably attached, but it may be attached slidably.
Further, the exterior material forming the storage concave portion is not limited to the exemplified sticks and time signatures, and may be arbitrarily selected as long as the storage concave portion can be secured and the player is operable. In addition, the operation members and terminals that are stored in the storage recess are also
The present invention is not limited to the illustrated power switch and headphone terminal.

Although the embodiments described above are examples in which the present invention is applied to an upright piano type electronic piano, the present invention is applicable to other types of electronic pianos, electronic organs other than electronic pianos, and the like. The present invention can be applied to the electronic keyboard musical instruments, and further to electronic musical instruments other than the electronic keyboard musical instruments. In addition, the configuration of the details can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0018]

As described above in detail, in the electronic musical instrument of the present invention, the operating member is housed in the housing concave portion of the exterior material, and is hidden by the lid except during the operation, so that the operating member has a neat and good appearance. In addition to improving the appearance, the storage recess is formed by using the existing exterior material, and the conventional control box is not required. Therefore, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an arrow A portion of FIG. 4 showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of an upright type electronic piano to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a conventional upright type electronic piano.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged front view of an arrow B portion in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 electronic piano 2 storage recess 3 lid 4 power switch 5 headphone terminal 6 volume control 7 mouth stick 15 time signature

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage recess is formed in the exterior material, and an operation member operated for playing is stored in the storage recess, and a lid for opening and closing the storage recess is provided. And electronic musical instruments. 2. The electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, further comprising an input / output terminal housed in the housing recess. 3. The lid is made of a material having the same color and the same material as the exterior material, and is attached to the exterior material so as to be flush with the exterior material when closed. The electronic musical instrument according to Item 1 or 2.