Music Trade Review -- © mbsi.org, arcade-museum.com -- digitized with support from namm.org
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
536,649. Banjo. O. H. Oleson, Rock
Rapids, la. Connects the neck to the head
of the instrument so that it may be adjusted
to compensate for any deflection in the
angle of the neck, and so that it may be
firmly secured to the head without cutting
PATENTS GRANTKl) MARCH 26, 1 8 9 5 .
536,218.
Banjo.
S. H. Mason, Wor-
cester, Mass. Improvements relate to the
body. An additional series of pegs are in-
serted into the bridge from the under side
of the body.
536,974. Electric Organ Coupling Me-
chanism.
E. S. Votcy, Detroit, Mich.
For coupling octaves. When the switch is
T
HIS department is edited by Bishop &
Imirie, Patent Attorneys, 605 and 607
vSeventh street, Washington, D. C. All re-
quests for information should be addressed
to them and will be answered through these
columns free of charge.
ti
away any of the rim. Also provides a new
supporting pin for the thumb string, the
tuning peg being removed to the upper
end of the neck, thus leaving the neck en-
tirely free of lateral projections so that the
hand may slide easily to and fro in finger-
ing.
536,702.
Reed Board.
J. Peloubet,
Chicago, 111., assignor to the Lyon & Healy,
same place. Provides each reed chamber
with an auxiliary resonant chamber which
closed, the depressing of a key will close a
circuit through the organ so as to sound
the octave note.
536,975. Electrically Controlled Magnet
and Valve for Pipe Organs. E. S. Votey
and W. D. Wood, Detroit, Mich. When
the key is depressed, the magnet is ener-
construction and arrangement of the main
hoop, straining hoop and straining hooks.
communicates with the reed chamber
through a single slot and is otherwise
closed. The auxiliary chamber is for re-
sonant purposes only, and the tone pro-
duced is claimed to be broader, fuller and
sweeter than heretofore.
536,808. Damping Mechanism for Music
Boxes. A. C. Jacquard, Hoboken, N. J.,
536,247. Organ. O. E. & G. C. Wick,
Chicago, 111. A construction which com-
bines a desk and an organ.
536,563. Tuning Device for Stringed
Musical Instruments. F. B. Converse, New
York, assignor of five-eighths to F. R.
Brooke and L. A. Adams, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Intended for such instruments as the
guitar, banjo, violin and mandolin, and in-
sures correct tuning by an unskilled person.
A truss is fitted on the neck of the instru-
ment over the seventh fret, and the fourth
string is then tuned in the usual manner.
A pressure screw mounted on the truss is
then moved over the said string and turned
down thereon. A vibrator carried by this
pressure screw is then turned so as to bear
against the third string, which is then put
under tension as usual. As the third string
is brought to the proper pitch, the fourth
string being meanwhile struck continuously
near the bridge, a movement of the vibrator
will be noticed' until, when the proper pitch
has been reached, the movement will be
very positive, and a decided singing tone
will be heard.
assignor to Jacot & Son, New York, N. Y.
A damper operated by the pins of the cyl-
inder to act on the comb teeth.
536,886. Piano Violin. H. F. Muller,
Hamburg, Germany, assignor to C. F. A.
Meyer, St. Louis, Mo. The bow is an end-
less band a which is continuously operated
and is brought against the proper string by
actuating the proper key lever //.
536,846.
Guitar.
J. G. Bates, West
Superior, Wis. A construction to prevent
the bridge being pulled away from the
body.
The strings are secured to pegs
which pass through the bridge, the body
and a strip secured to the under side of the
gized so as to cut off the flow of air to the
chest D. The pneumatic then exhausts and
the pipe valve opens, permitting the pipe
to speak.
536,977.
Electro-Magnet
for
Pipe
Organs. E. S. Votey, W. B. Fleming and
W. D. Wood, Detroit, Mich. For control-
ling the action of the pneumatic. The base
is constructed with communicating chan-
nels and the armature is adapted to close
said channels and thereby cut off the air so
as to operate the pneumatic.
Trade-Mark 26,301. C. L. Weser, New
York, N. Y.
The word "Weser" for
pianos. Used since November, 1894.
THK Weaver Organ and Piano Co., of
York, Pa., will open a retail branch at
Lancaster, Pa.