US1134351A - Gong-piano. - Google Patents
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- This invention comprehends certain new I and useful improvements inimusical instruments andhas for its primary objecttoprovide a newand improved form of piano in which gongs are substitutedfor the strings now employed.
- dampers withthe keys are the elements of fan ordinary upright piano action, which w ll-be 'well understood by anyone versed in the art to which this invention'appertains, and hence, a detailed description of these elements is deemed unnecessary. 'It will be understood that when the keys are depressed, the hammers will strikethe gongs mers drop back against the rest rail 22, the dampers 9 will be brought-into play. 1 :WhatI claim is: i
- gongs formed withiflattened ends received and secured in said sockets, the gongs ex ranged tostrike the vertical portions of the gongs and the dampers being arranged to tending downwardly from saidends in substantially vertical position and being. coiled at their other ends, thehamm'ers being ar- 2 contact with the coiled' portionsthereof. j a
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' L. L. SCHLENSKER.
GONG PIANO- 1,134=,351. m L l PatentedApr.6, 1915.
fly Z7 E 4- 22 1a I I L AURA L. SCHLENSKIER atrop ne/1 LAURA njscnnrmsxnn, OEEYANSVILLE, INDIANA". 7
GONG-PIANO. a
ToaZZ whom it may concern 5 p Be it'known thatL'LAURA 'i isonmq SKER, a citizen of the United' States, resid-i ing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I Gong-Pianos, of which the'following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.
This invention comprehends certain new I and useful improvements inimusical instruments andhas for its primary objecttoprovide a newand improved form of piano in which gongs are substitutedfor the strings now employed. a
'With the above and'other objects in view,
" my invention consists in certain novelconstructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully. -described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figurel is a transverse vertical section:
through a musical instrument. constructed I in accordance with imy'invention; and Fig.
2 isv a fragmentary detail frontyelevation with the front of the casing removed. I
-Referring more specifically to the drawings in which similar reference characters;
designate corresponding parts {throughout the several views, l desi'gnates the-gongs'f a which have their lower ends coiled, as shown I at 2, while their opposite ends are extended vertically, as shown at 3, the extremities of "said ends 3 being flattened, as shown at 4,
and engaged in sockets 5 in the lower face of the gong supporting beam 6. The flattened extremities 4 of the gongs are held in V U position in the socketso,by setscrews or other suitable means; The metal beam 6 and is connected to said back by supporting extends longitudinally of the piano casing withinthe same and in I spaced relation to theback of the casing rods 8, only one ofwhich i'sshowna Danie.
pers9 are adapted to contact with the lower Specification ofLetters iaten t. Patented Apr, 6, 1915, I i i Application filed November 15,1913. Seria1No. 801,251
dampers withthe keys are the elements of fan ordinary upright piano action, which w ll-be 'well understood by anyone versed in the art to which this invention'appertains, and hence, a detailed description of these elements is deemed unnecessary. 'It will be understood that when the keys are depressed, the hammers will strikethe gongs mers drop back against the rest rail 22, the dampers 9 will be brought-into play. 1 :WhatI claim is: i
"and sound the notes and that when theham A piano of: the character described, n-f I eluding a casing, an action therein embodyingkey-operated hammers and dampers, a
beam within the casing. and extending longitudinally thereof in a horizontal position in spaced relation to the back of the casing, supporting rods connecting said beam to the back of the casing, thebeam being provided with downwardly: opening sockets, and
gongs formed withiflattened ends received and secured in said sockets, the gongs ex ranged tostrike the vertical portions of the gongs and the dampers being arranged to tending downwardly from saidends in substantially vertical position and being. coiled at their other ends, thehamm'ers being ar- 2 contact with the coiled' portionsthereof. j a
I testimony whereof I hereunto affix jm'y signature in the presence of two witnesses.
I i LAURA "L. .s HLE SKER; Witnesses I SEBASTIAN HEURIGH, S; Hnumon;
five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatentl. a I Y 'wumnm nc. ,7 a I 1
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Cited By (3)
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US2487966A (en) * | 1944-09-22 | 1949-11-15 | John H Engel | Apparatus for shaping sheets |
US2932231A (en) * | 1955-11-29 | 1960-04-12 | Wurlitzer Co | Tone generating apparatus |
US20070204743A1 (en) * | 2006-03-06 | 2007-09-06 | Yamaha Corporation | Musical instrument |
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Cited By (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US2487966A (en) * | 1944-09-22 | 1949-11-15 | John H Engel | Apparatus for shaping sheets |
US2932231A (en) * | 1955-11-29 | 1960-04-12 | Wurlitzer Co | Tone generating apparatus |
US20070204743A1 (en) * | 2006-03-06 | 2007-09-06 | Yamaha Corporation | Musical instrument |
US7642437B2 (en) * | 2006-03-06 | 2010-01-05 | Yamaha Corporation | Musical instrument |
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