Piano touch instructor apparatus

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IN A PIANO TOUCH INSTRUCTOR FOR AIDING A PIANO STUDENT IN OBTAINING CERTAIN DESIRABLE AND BASIC MUSCULAR COORDINATIONS, AN APPARATUS COMPRISING: (A) AN ELONGATED BED BOARD HAVING UPPER AND LOWER PARALLEL SURFACES AND REAR AND FORWARD ENDS; (B) A FULCRUM SECURELY MOUNTED ON SAID UPPER SURFACE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIDISTANT BETWEEN SAID REAR AND FORWARD ENDS OF SAID BED BOARD; (C) AN ELONGATED TOTTER BOARD BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL IN LENGTH TO SAID BED BOARD AND HAVING REAR AND FORWARD ENDS IN JUXTAPOSITION WITH SAID RESPECTIVE REAR AND FORWARD ENDS OF SAID BED BOARD, SAID TOTTER BOARD HAVING TOP AND BOTTOM PARALLEL SURFACES, SAID BOTTOM SURFACE RESTING ON AND BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID FULCRUM, SAID TOP SURFACE BEING PROVIDED WITH PIANO KEY SIMULATING MEANS ADJACENT SAID FORWARD END AND A LONGITUDINALLY ARRANGED TRACK MEANS EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID REAR END TOWARD SAID SIMULATING MEANS, SAID PIANO KEY MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN EXTERNAL FORCE, SAID FORWARD END OF SAID TOTTER BOARD BEING NORMALLY POSITIONED ABOVE SAID FORWARD END OF SAID BED BOARD AND SAID REAR END OF SAID TOTTER BOARD NORMALLY BEING IN CONTACT WITH SAID REAR END OF SAID BED BOARD WHEREBY UPON SAID FORCE BEING EXERTED ON SAID PIANO KEY MEANS, SAID FORWARD END OF SAID TOTTER BOARD STRIKES SAID FORWARD END OF SAID BED BOARD AND SAID REAR END OF SAID TOTTER BOARD IS RAISED OUT OF CONTACT WITH SAID REAR END OF SAID BED BOARD; (D) A WEIGHT SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID TOP SURFACE OF SAID TOTTER BOARD ALONG SAID TRACK MEANS, SAID WEIGHT HAVING AN EXTENSION FOR ENGAGING SAID TRACK MEANS AND FOR SECURING SAID WEIGHT TO SAID TOTTER BOARD WHEREBY SAID WEIGHT MAY BE MOVED ALONG ACROSS SAID TOP SURFACE THE LENGTH OF SAID TRACK MEANS; AND (E) MEANS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BED BOARD AND BEING SLIDABLY RECEIVED BY SAID TOTTER BOARD FOR ESTABLISHING A VERTICAL PLANE OF TRAVEL DURING THE PIVOTING OF SAID TOTTER BOARD ON SAID FULCRUM.