Music Trade Review
Issue: 1898 Vol. 27 N. 7 - Page 10
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THR MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
[Special to The Review.]
Washing-ton, D. C , Aug. 8, 1898.
Self-playing Organ.
Joseph Herbert
Chase, Meridcn, Conn.
Patent No.
608,252.
This invention relates to self-playing
organs, and particularly to that class which
are adapted to be controlled either by a
perforated sheet or manually.
Heretofore
instruments of this class, such as the
various styles of ^Eolians, have been of
such complex and expensive construction
as to place them beyond the piirchasing
capacity of the multitudes of music-lovers,
and while this instrument will not sup-
plant such a wonderful instrument as the
/Eolian grand now in use throughout the
world by the comparatively few who are
able to invest in such a high-priced instru-
ment, yet it has many advantages which
will commend it for the more general use
of the music-loving public.
First. Its extreme simplicity of con-
struction, including the employment of
a single set of reeds against six sets used
in an ^olian grand, enables it to be sold
at a price which will place it within the
reach of all.
Second. The wonderful tone quality
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produced from the single set of reeds used
in this instrument, owing to its special
construction, makes it not only a perfect
parlor-organ, but its volume and tone are
such as to adapt it for use in small chapels,
churches, etc.
Third. Its adaptability to be played
either manually as an ordinary organ or
through the use of one of an endless va-
riety of perforated music-rolls, renders it
capable of operation under the fingers of a
skillful organist, or it may be operated by
a child of five years old by the aid of the
music-rolls.
Fourth. Its supreme simplicity and per-
fection of construction render it far less
liable to get out of order than any other
form of self-playing or automatic musical
instrument.
. Piano Action. R. E. Cobb, of Heph-
zibah, Ga., assignor of one-half to C. H. S.
Jackson, same place. Patent No. 608,177.
This invention relates to improvements
in piano-actions; and the objects are to
connect a mechanism with the soft pedal
whereby the keyboard and every part of
the action are shifted laterally, so that the
striking surface of the hammers is reduced
and the volume of tone correspondingly
lessened; to operate the damper direct
from the key as well as by the loud pedal,
and to connect to the actuating-levers set-
screws, whereby the friction between the
various parts is materially reduced.
Device for Recording and Reproducing
Music. Ernest K. Adams, of New York.
Patent No. 608,415.
This invention is an improved appara-
tus for producing a record of any musical
composition that may be played upon a
keyed instrument, such as a piano or
organ, and by means of which the compo-
sition may be reproduced either on the
same or another instrument exactly as ex-
ecuted by the performer.
The apparatus comprises, essentially, a
recording mechanism which produces in
the form of a perforated strip of paper or
like material a permanent and accurate
record of the notes played, and which is
operated by electric circuits controlled by
the keys and pedals of the instrument on
which the composition is played.
The chief feature of novelty in this in-
vention resides in the combination, with
mechanism for moving a band of paper
which is to receive the perforations, of a
series of rotary cutters, such as circular
saws, which are adapted to be interposed
in the plane of the paper and thereby
caused to cut the perforations in the same
during the intervals when the keys of the
instruments to which the saws correspond
are depressed, and hence to make the per-
forations in lengths proportional to the
length of the corresponding notes.
M. B. Simms, of Simms Bros., music
dealers, Charleston, W. Va., died at his
home in that city last week after a four
week's illness of typhoid pneumonia. Be-
fore he went into business Mr. Simms was
connected as salesman with Spence & Co.
and later worked for D. H. Baldwin &
Co. A widow and three children survive
him.
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This Name Attracts Attention
It is on every genuine
Edison Phonograph. . .
FIRST ATTRACT YOUR TRADE
AND THEN SELL THEM
• THE EDISON NEW «
STANDARD PHONOGRAPH
A Versatile Entertainer. Sings, Talks, Plays and Reproduces Sounds of all kinds. Records, Reproduces and
Shaves Blanks
Equipped with Spring Motor that runs 3 records with a single winding. Weight 17 pounds.
Remember that all genuine EDISON PHONOGRAPHS Records and Supplies are placed on the market by us.
CATALOGUE NO. 22 (LATEST EDITION 1 OF PHONOGRAPHS, RECORDS AND SUPPLIES SENT ON APPLICATION.
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH
Price, $20.
C O . , New York Office and Salesrooms:
FACTORY, EDISON LABORATORY, ORANGE, N. J.
St. James Building, Broadway and 26th St.
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JO
THR MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
[Special to The Review.]
Washing-ton, D. C , Aug. 8, 1898.
Self-playing Organ.
Joseph Herbert
Chase, Meridcn, Conn.
Patent No.
608,252.
This invention relates to self-playing
organs, and particularly to that class which
are adapted to be controlled either by a
perforated sheet or manually.
Heretofore
instruments of this class, such as the
various styles of ^Eolians, have been of
such complex and expensive construction
as to place them beyond the piirchasing
capacity of the multitudes of music-lovers,
and while this instrument will not sup-
plant such a wonderful instrument as the
/Eolian grand now in use throughout the
world by the comparatively few who are
able to invest in such a high-priced instru-
ment, yet it has many advantages which
will commend it for the more general use
of the music-loving public.
First. Its extreme simplicity of con-
struction, including the employment of
a single set of reeds against six sets used
in an ^olian grand, enables it to be sold
at a price which will place it within the
reach of all.
Second. The wonderful tone quality
MARK
produced from the single set of reeds used
in this instrument, owing to its special
construction, makes it not only a perfect
parlor-organ, but its volume and tone are
such as to adapt it for use in small chapels,
churches, etc.
Third. Its adaptability to be played
either manually as an ordinary organ or
through the use of one of an endless va-
riety of perforated music-rolls, renders it
capable of operation under the fingers of a
skillful organist, or it may be operated by
a child of five years old by the aid of the
music-rolls.
Fourth. Its supreme simplicity and per-
fection of construction render it far less
liable to get out of order than any other
form of self-playing or automatic musical
instrument.
. Piano Action. R. E. Cobb, of Heph-
zibah, Ga., assignor of one-half to C. H. S.
Jackson, same place. Patent No. 608,177.
This invention relates to improvements
in piano-actions; and the objects are to
connect a mechanism with the soft pedal
whereby the keyboard and every part of
the action are shifted laterally, so that the
striking surface of the hammers is reduced
and the volume of tone correspondingly
lessened; to operate the damper direct
from the key as well as by the loud pedal,
and to connect to the actuating-levers set-
screws, whereby the friction between the
various parts is materially reduced.
Device for Recording and Reproducing
Music. Ernest K. Adams, of New York.
Patent No. 608,415.
This invention is an improved appara-
tus for producing a record of any musical
composition that may be played upon a
keyed instrument, such as a piano or
organ, and by means of which the compo-
sition may be reproduced either on the
same or another instrument exactly as ex-
ecuted by the performer.
The apparatus comprises, essentially, a
recording mechanism which produces in
the form of a perforated strip of paper or
like material a permanent and accurate
record of the notes played, and which is
operated by electric circuits controlled by
the keys and pedals of the instrument on
which the composition is played.
The chief feature of novelty in this in-
vention resides in the combination, with
mechanism for moving a band of paper
which is to receive the perforations, of a
series of rotary cutters, such as circular
saws, which are adapted to be interposed
in the plane of the paper and thereby
caused to cut the perforations in the same
during the intervals when the keys of the
instruments to which the saws correspond
are depressed, and hence to make the per-
forations in lengths proportional to the
length of the corresponding notes.
M. B. Simms, of Simms Bros., music
dealers, Charleston, W. Va., died at his
home in that city last week after a four
week's illness of typhoid pneumonia. Be-
fore he went into business Mr. Simms was
connected as salesman with Spence & Co.
and later worked for D. H. Baldwin &
Co. A widow and three children survive
him.
MARK
MARK
This Name Attracts Attention
It is on every genuine
Edison Phonograph. . .
FIRST ATTRACT YOUR TRADE
AND THEN SELL THEM
• THE EDISON NEW «
STANDARD PHONOGRAPH
A Versatile Entertainer. Sings, Talks, Plays and Reproduces Sounds of all kinds. Records, Reproduces and
Shaves Blanks
Equipped with Spring Motor that runs 3 records with a single winding. Weight 17 pounds.
Remember that all genuine EDISON PHONOGRAPHS Records and Supplies are placed on the market by us.
CATALOGUE NO. 22 (LATEST EDITION 1 OF PHONOGRAPHS, RECORDS AND SUPPLIES SENT ON APPLICATION.
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH
Price, $20.
C O . , New York Office and Salesrooms:
FACTORY, EDISON LABORATORY, ORANGE, N. J.
St. James Building, Broadway and 26th St.
CX Cdi
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