US1166046A - Saxophone. - Google Patents

Description

P. c. HARDY.

SAXOPHONE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 14, 1912.

1,166,046. Patented De0.28,1915.

WITNESSES GD INVENTOR JflM M J UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL C. HARDY, 0F ELKI-IABT, INDIANA. ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES G. CONN, 0F ELKHART, INDIANA.

SAXOPHONE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

Application filed December 14, 1912. Serial No. 736,874

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, PAUL C. HARDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elkhart, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saxophones, of which the following is a description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new key for a. saxophone which enables the performer to avoid an extremely difiicult shift in playing the scale, and to provide other advantages which will be hereinafter more fully described; and with these and other objects in view my invention consists in the parts and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a saxophone embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of a saxophone embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a perspective view seen approximately from the left side of Fig. 2, looking down 45, the body portion of the instrument being removed, and Fig. 4 an end view of the finger key 2 and its shaft, seen in axial direction of the instrument from the lower end thereof.

The reference numeral 1 designates the body portion of a saxophone. A shaft 2 is revolubly mounted on the saxophone on the right hand side thereof, to which is connected a finger key 2. Secured to the upper end of this shaft is an arm 2 extending rearwardly at right angles thereto. I have broken away one of the usual. shafts of the instrument in order that vthe shaft 2 may be more clearly shown.

3 is a C trill-cover pivotally mounted at 3 and provided with an arm 3* which extends over the arm 2*. This C trill-cover 3 is held normally closed.

4 is a D trill cover, normally closed, to which is secured an arm 4 which, as shown in the drawing, is bent at its lower end 4 to lie in close proximity to the end of the arm 3*. The free ends of the arms 3 and 4 are positioned over the arm 2", and while they are not secured to the arm 2", at the same time, they are always normally in contact therewith. The arms of the trill covers are provided with springs which have a tendency to open the covers, but this tendency is overcome by means of a strong spring 2 connected with the shaft 2 which holds the arm 2 in elevated position, thereby normally holding the covers 3 and 4 in closed position. The openings under the covers 3 and 4 are additional to the series needed in playing the scale.

The C cover 5 which also serves as finger key is mounted upon a shaft 5 by means of an arm 5 as is usual in instruments of this character.

5 is an arm rigidly mounted on the shaft 5 and projecting at right angles therefrom under the arm 4 of the D trill cover 4. As shown in the drawings, I provide a notch in the under end face of the arm 4 into which the arm 5 is projected when the G cover 5 is closed. This new finger key 2 is to be used instead of the old side or knuckle key operated with the first finger of the left hand.

By my improvement the performer may use the first finger of the right hand to trill not only C(] sharp, but also CD with fhe same finger and with the same finger rev.

By reason of the fact that the arm 2 of the key 2" lies under the end of the arms from both the D trill cover and the C trill cover, these two trill covers can be operated simultaneously by pressing down the key 2*, which then will swing in the direction of arrow 3/ around the axis ;v-w of shaft 2, causing arm 2 to swing downward around the same axis and in the direction of arrow 2. If, however, it is desired to operate only the C-trill cover 3 the C-cover 5 is closed, which, through its shaft 5" projects the arm 5 under the arm 4 of the D trill cover, thereby holding said arm against movement, at the same time leaving the C trill cover 3 to be manipulated by the finger key 2 independently, thus the C-tone can be made in this way.

I claim:

1. A saxophone comprising two holes and covers, springs tending to open said covers, a third hole with cover for the same note as one of the two covers, said third cover standing normally open and also constituting a finger piece, means for simultaneously counteracting both of said springs, and other means connected with said finger piece for counteracting one of said springs to hold the corresponding one of said two covers closed while said first means is operated to release both of said covers, whereby one of said two covers Will open independently of the other cover.

2. A saxophone comprising the usual holes and covers and two additional covers, namely, a C-trill cover and a D-trill cover, arms extending from said additional covers, a shaft, a finger-piece secured to said shaft, an arm extending from the shaft and normally engaging with said additional cover arms to keep the cover closed, and springs engaging the said cover arms and tending to open the coyers, when the finger piece is depressed.

8. A saxophone comprising the usual holes and covers two additional holes and covers, namely a C-trill cover and a D-trill cover, said additional covers being situated one on each side of the usual 'C-cover in the longitudinal direction of the instrument,

springs tending to open said additional covers arms extending from said additional covers, a shaft, a finger-piece secured to said shaft, an arm extending from the shaft and engaging the arms of said additional covers to close the covers an arm extending from the usual C shaft to a position under the arinofsaid D trill cover to hold said coverarm against movement and permit the opening of the C-trill cover by its spring independently of the opening of the D-trill cover.

The foregoing specification signed at Elkhart Indiana this fourth day of November, 1912.

PAUL to, HARDY.

In presence of tWo Witnesses:

G120. H. CHURCH, DAWN KREMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. 0;

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