Musical instrument having automatic arpeggio system
CA 1065172 A · Owner: Norlin Music · Inventors: Wangard, William; Kniepkamp, Alberto E.
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A musical instrument incorporates apparatus for automatically producing an arpeggio, successively producing tones in accordance with operated keys of a keyboard in response to, operation of at least one control switch Switches operated by the keys are scanned by a scanner, and the several tones of the arpeggio are each produced for a predetermined time by stopping, the operation of the scanner as the switches corresponding to operated keys are reached in each scanning cycle. The stopping of the scanner is under control of a multivibrator having an adjustable period, to permit manual selection of the rate at which the arpeggio is produced, A plurality of mode selector switches are operable …
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- Granted October 30, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 30, 1996.
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