Musical note meter

Claim 1

A MUSICAL NOTE METER COMPRISING A MOTOR, A SHAFT CONNECTED TO SAID MOTOR, A PLURALITY OF LINEAR PROFILE CAMS MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT, EACH OF SAID CAMS HAVING A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF PROFILE SEGMENTS TO REPRESENT A DESIRED RHYTHM TO BE REPRODUCED, AN ARCUATELY SHAPED BATON ELEMENT HAVING TWO ENDS WITH A DEPENDING CAM FOLLOWER INTERMEDIATE SAID ENDS AND ENGAGEABLE WITH EACH OF SAID CAMS, A PIVOT SHAFT, ONE END OF EACH OF SAID BATON ELEMENTS BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID PIVOT SHAFT, A STRIKER MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE OTHER END OF EACH OF SAID BATON ELEMENTS, A PROJECTING LEVER INTEGRAL WITH SAID ONE END OF EACH OF SAID BATON ELEMENTS AND EXTENDING AWAY FROM SAID BATON ELEMENT IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE FROM SAID DEPENDING CAM FOLLOWER, A DRAW BAR MEMBER MOUNTED ADJACENT EACH BATON ELEMENT AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE PROJECTING LEVER ON EACH BATON ELEMENT TO MOVE SAID BATON ELEMENT INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH ITS ASSOCIATED CAM, AND A TONE BAR MOUNTED ADJACENT SAID BATON ELEMENTS AND EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE SHAFT ON WHICH SAID LINEAR PROFILE CAMS ARE MOUNTED IN POSITION TO BE STRUCK BY THE STRIKER MEMBERS ON SAID BATON ELEMENTS WHEN SAID BATON ELEMENTS ENGAGE SAID CAMS, WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF SAID BATON ELEMENTS CAN BE OPERATED SIMULTANEOUSLY TO PRODUCE A DESIRED PREDETERMINED COMBINATION OF RHYTHMIC PATTERNS WITHOUT OBJECTIONABLE CHATTER.