US240268A - Wrist and hand support for key-board instruments - Google Patents
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- the object of my invention is to give the pupil a correct position ot' the arms and hands in playing the piano, for curving the fingers, and supporting the wrists. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
- Figure l is a front View ot' my device. Fig.
- I5 2 is an end view.
- Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on line x x, Fig. l.
- Gr G are upright supports, of wood or metal. These are connected together by the crosspiece VV at the bottom, and a corresponding The cross-piece S is shown in the drawings, the end in dotted lines in Fi g. 2, and in cross-section in Fig. 3.
- a A is a rest for the wrist. This rest is attached to the adjustable arm R (see Fig. 2) by the slot 0 and thumb-screw C, by which means the wrist-rest can be brought nearer 45 the person of the player or the instrument, as may be desired.
- both ot' which, by their supports and thuxnb- 5o screws, are made adjustable, as described.
- the hand-guide consisting of the adjustable wrist-support A and adjustable hand-support B, in combination with the supports G Gr and 55 hand-screw F, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
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M. POWER. f `Wrist and Hand Support for Keyboard Instruments. No. 240,268. Patented April 19,1881.
Fay. J.
L A i A zo one, S, at the top.
e UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
MINNIE POWER, OF OONNEAUTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.
WRIST AND HAND SUPPORT FOR KEY-BOARD INSTRUMENTS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,268, dated April 19,A 1881.
Application filed January 8, 1881. (Model.)
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, Mrs. MINNIE POWER, of Oonneautville, in the county of Crawford and State ot' Pennsylvania, and a citizen of 5 the United States, have invented a new and Improved Attachment to Pianos, of which the following is a specification.
The object of my invention is to give the pupil a correct position ot' the arms and hands in playing the piano, for curving the fingers, and supporting the wrists. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Figure l is a front View ot' my device. Fig.
I5 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on line x x, Fig. l.
Gr G are upright supports, of wood or metal. These are connected together by the crosspiece VV at the bottom, and a corresponding The cross-piece S is shown in the drawings, the end in dotted lines in Fi g. 2, and in cross-section in Fig. 3.
On the upright Gr is a flange, M, which is placed on the edge of the piano below the key- 2 5 board.
3o which there are two, one on each end ofthe device. These are connected together by the ered-by means of the slotted support N N 4o and the thumb-screw I). (See Fig. 3.)
A A is a rest for the wrist. This rest is attached to the adjustable arm R (see Fig. 2) by the slot 0 and thumb-screw C, by which means the wrist-rest can be brought nearer 45 the person of the player or the instrument, as may be desired.
By this device the wrists are supported by the rest A A, and the hand by the rest B B,
both ot' which, by their supports and thuxnb- 5o screws, are made adjustable, as described.
I claim- The hand-guide consisting of the adjustable wrist-support A and adjustable hand-support B, in combination with the supports G Gr and 55 hand-screw F, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
MINNIE POWER.
Witnesses:
H. M. RICHMOND, A. B. RICHMOND.
By means ot' this slot and thumb- 35
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