Hand held electronic keyboard instrument

Claim 1

A keyboard instrument, comprising: a. a keyboard housing having a top and a bottom, said keyboard housing being of a shape and size such that said housing may be fully supportable by one hand of a user of said instrument; b. a handle means, attached to and extending from said bottom of said housing, for supporting said housing in a generally horizontally-oriented plane when said handle means is gripped; c. a keyboard having a plurality of keys operatively attached to said top of said housing; d. a plurality of keyboard controls, mounted on said keyboard housing, said keyboard controls including a volume control mounted on said handle means so as to be accessible by the hand of the user of said instrument which is gripping said handle means, said volume control including an outwardly biased plunger accessible by the thumb of the user's hand which is gripping said handle means; e. a sound component housing; at least one speaker, mounted within said sound component housing; g. a synthesizer means, for producing and controlling tones, mounted within said sound component housing; h. an amplification means, for amplifying tones produced by said synthesizer means, mounted within said sound component housing; i. keyboard circuitry, mounted within said keyboard housing; j. sound component circuitry, mounted within said sound component housing; k. communications circuitry, connecting said keyboard circuitry to said sound component circuitry; and l. a power supply; and wherein said keyboard circuitry is operatively connected to said keys, said keyboard controls and said communications circuitry, and said sound component circuitry is operatively connected to said synthesizer means, said amplification mean, said speaker, said power supply and said communications circuitry.