US103345A - Improvement in pianos - Google Patents
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- this-invention consists in the peculiar' construction andappl'ication of the agralie or bridgeplate of a'piano, by which the bearing for the strings is formed r'niotrthe underside of an overhanging continuous har, which is part of the 'bridge-plate, and' is located and holds the' strings at a point opposite ⁇ to where the hammer strikes them, the lo'wer end of said agrae or bridge resting on the sounding-board.
- the strings rest upon and bear upwardly against v the extreme edge of the bar a', and then pass through horizontal openings iu the main body .fxY to their point .of connection.
- cleat x provided with pins yy, and cleat z', having pins z z, t-o which the strings are attached, all com' struct-etharrangcd, and operated as set ibrth.
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CHRISTIAN KURTZMANN, OF' BUFFALO, NEW-YORK.
Letters Patent No. 103,345, dated May 24, 1870.
IMPRQVEMENT IN PIANos.
The Schedule referred te in these Letters Patent and making part of the same,
To all whom it may concern Bel it known that I, CHRISTIAN KURTZMANN. of the city of Buffalo, county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a certain newl `and useful Improvement in Pianos; and I do hereby ticolare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification, in
which- Figure I is a transverse vertical section. Figure II is a toprplau view.
The nature of this-invention consists in the peculiar' construction andappl'ication of the agralie or bridgeplate of a'piano, by which the bearing for the strings is formed r'niotrthe underside of an overhanging continuous har, which is part of the 'bridge-plate, and' is located and holds the' strings at a point opposite `to where the hammer strikes them, the lo'wer end of said agrae or bridge resting on the sounding-board. y
Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.
In the accompanying drawings- A represents my niproved'agraiie or bridge-plate,
which is connected to the frame B by screws or se' cured iu any convenient manner. f
C represents the strings, and
E'partof a hau'imer, showing its position in relation to the agrade or 'bridgeplate `A.
The strings rest upon and bear upwardly against v the extreme edge of the bar a', and then pass through horizontal openings iu the main body .fxY to their point .of connection.
the pins y'y, and are attached to pins z con the cleat z'.
vI am aware of the' patent'of Gr. H. Walscainp, July 21,1857,No. 17,838; also ofthe device of Ernst Gabler, rejected January 9, 1867. These I do not claim,
my device being an improvement ou the Same.
Having thus fully described iny invention,
' What l claim as new, anddcsire to secure by Let-4 ters Patent, is v .The metallic bar A, having the ovcrhanging portion a', forming a bridge in combiuationwith tue pins g g,
cleat x, provided with pins yy, and cleat z', having pins z z, t-o which the strings are attached, all com' struct-etharrangcd, and operated as set ibrth.
CHRISTIAN KURTZMANN. Witnesses:
FRED. W. SCOTT, B. H. MUnnLE.
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