A keyboard apparatus is including a plurality of keys and a plurality of
mass members provided under the respective keys to be pivotably supported
on a keyboard frame being a support member, each of the mass members
extends along a longitudinal direction of the key and has a mass
concentration part in its rear end portion, and when not driven by a mass
driving part of the key, each of the mass members is in an inclined state
with the mass concentration part being at the lowest descended position.
The keyboard frame has a rib provided between two adjacent mass members
among the plural mass members, and at least part of a lower edge of the
rib is formed along lower edges of the mass members in the inclined
state.