Player controlled dynamic variation of pitch and/or timbre

Claim 1

IN A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT OF TYPE HAVING A PLAYING KEY FOR EACH MUSICAL SEMITONE AND SOUND SOURCES OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED THEREWITH AND RENDERED OPERATIVE BY DEPRESSING EACH KEY FOR SOUNDING THE CORRESPONDING NOTE; MODULATING MEANS OTHER THAN SAID KEAYS AND INDEPENDENT OF SAID KEYS AND OF THE FINGERS OF THE OPERATOR AND OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SOUND SOURCE, FOR DYNAMIC MODULATION OF SAID SOURCE TO VARY THE PITCH OF THE SOUND PROUDCED; A PLAYER''S CONTROL ELEMENT OTHER THAN SAID KEYS AND OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLAYERS; SAID LAST MENTIONED PLAYERS''S CONTROL ELEMENT BEING MOVEABLE CONTINUOUSLY AND DYNAMICALLY THROUGH A PREDETERMINED PATH; AND CONNECTIONS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH CONTROL ELEMENT AND WITH SAID SOURCES FOR VARYING THE EXTENT OF MODULATION AT THE WILL OF THE PLAYER DURING THE SOUNDING OF THE NOTE; THE EXTENT OF MODULATION BEING A FUNCTION OF THE POSITION OF SAID PLAYER''S CONNTROL ELEMENT.