Transient sound producing device

Claim 1

APPARATUS COMPRISING A KEY, AN ELECTRICAL TONE GENERATOR FOR PRODUCING AUDIO FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL SIGNALS, AN AUDIO TRANSDUCER CONNECTED TO SAID TONE GENERATOR TO CONVERT SAID TONE GENERATOR AUDIO FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL SIGNAL INTO AN AUDIO FREQUENCY OUTPUT SIGNAL, MEANS FOR PRODUCING AN INITIAL TRANSIENT SOUND, SAID KEY BEING OPERATIVE TO ACTUATE SAID TONE GENERATOR AND SAID MEANS FOR PRODUCING AN INITIAL TRANSIENT SOUND, SAID MEANS FOR PRODUCING INITIAL TRANSIENT SOUND COMPRISING A RESONANT SOUNDBOARD HAVING A RESONANT CAVITY THEREIN, A VIBRATORY REED MOUNTED ON SAID SOUND-BOARD, SAID SOUND-BOARD BEING ADAPTED TO ABSORB VIBRATORY ENERGY FROM SAID REED, MOUNT ING MEANS FOR MOUNTING A PIN FOR AXIAL MOVEMENT, SPRING MEANS TENDING TO BIAS SAID PIN INTO CONTACT WITH SAID KEY, WHEREBY ACTUATION OF SAID KEY CAUSES SAID PIN TO MOVE AXIALLY, PAWL MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ADJACENT THE OTHER END OF SAID PIN, ONE END OF SAID PAWL MEANS BEING BENEATH A FREE END OF SAID VIBRATORY REED WHEN SAID KEY IS NOT DEPRESSED, ADJUSTABLE VIBRATION INTENSITY CONTROL MEANS, THE OTHER END OF SAID PAWL EXTENDING BENEATH SAID INTENSITY CONTROL MEANS, SAID ONE END OF SAID PAWL MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO ENGAGE AND RELEASE SAID REED WHEN SAID PIN CAUSED TO MOVE BY SAID KEY.