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(No Model.) 2 SheetsSheet 1. C. S. WARREN.

REED ORGAN.

Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets- Sheet 2. C. S. WARREN.

REED ORGAN.

Patented Apr. 8, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. WARREN, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

REED-ORGAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,155, dated April 8,1890.

Application filed March 22, 1888. Renewed February 13, 1890. Serial No. 340,273. (No model.) Patented in Canada April 16, 1888, No. 28,929.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES SUMNER WAR- REN, organ man ufaeturer, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reed- Organs, (for which Letters Patent have been granted in Canada April 16, 1888, No. 28,929,) and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to reed-organs of one or more manuals, and, while useful in many parts in all kinds of these instruments, is

more especially intended to apply to the superior class where it is desired to secure the fullest development of reed-tone by pipes, mouths, or tube-extensions within a given space.

Another important object to be obtained by my improvements is that ready access to the reeds and all other adjustable or movable parts may be had by the tuner or operator While standing at the keys.

I have found it essential to dispense with both slides and outside flaps in controlling the Wind, since the first interfere with the solidity of the structure and constantly get out of order by warping and sticking in their sockets and the latter cannot be employed without confining the limit or configuration of the series of pipes, &C., to lines Which are not compatible with the production of an extended and thoroughly qualified reedtone so necessary in instruments of this class. To this end I employ a separate sound-board for every stop and supply each with an independent valve in connection with the general wind-trunk, thus greatly simplifying the stopaction. Certain details of construction and combinations of parts are also included in my improvements, for full comprehension of which reference must be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a diagram representing the crosssection of a two-manual reed-organ constructed according to my in vention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse ver tical section, and Fig. 3 a sectional front view, of two of the sound-boards and their appliances. Fig. l is a detail plan showing my obliquely-set levers. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional detail view illustrating my automatic relief-valve. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the adjustable button used upon the actionwires. Fig. 7 is an end view of the wind-trunk, showing valves and stop-levers.

In the diagram, Fig. 1, X X represent keys of two manuals, Y Y thekey-levers, and Z Z the action rods or wires of the swell and great organs, respectively, all of any usual or desired construction, the wires, however, being arranged to work clear of the several sound-boards and in front of same, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

The several sound-boards are arranged one above the other in numbers corresponding to the various stops and manuals, and each eonsistsofthreedefinableportions-viz.,thewindchest A, the reed-board B, and the channelboard C. The wind-chest is somewhat similar to that of a pipe-organ in respect to its valve o valve-spring a, and pull-down wire a A front board a covers the wind-chest at the front, and to allow this to be readily removed and at the same timev economize space I retain it in place by spring-wire dogs a", which have their points loosely screwed into the edges of the reed-board and bottom board of the chest, so that their binding ends may be folded closely over the upper and lower edges of the front board, as shown in Fig. I provide also a relief-valve a, preferably at the back of the wind-chest, as shown, consisting by preference of a small bellows (0 the back board of which is fastened over an orifice a made in the back board of the chest and having an opening coinciding therewith. Another orifice a (shown in Fig. 5) is also made in the wind-chest ashort distance from the first, and a stop-disk a, fastened to an arm extending from the mov ing board of the bellows (U, will close this opening a when wind is let into the chest (and thence into the bellows) by the stopvalve, and when the wind is shut off the bellows will again collapse and the relief-valve be thus automatically opened. As in this instrument the wind is disposed of before it reaches the reed, all danger of derangement accruing from leakage is prevented, as such ICO leakage is compensated for by the bellows and relief-valve just described, as will be readily understood.

The reed-board B has the usual groove and cell; but the reed Z) in this case is secured therein in such manner that its free end or tongue-point lies toward the entrance of the cell and the valve a has its seat immediately below such .free end. The channel-board C lies above the reed-board, and its throat or channel 0 is in communication with the reedcell near its front end and leads from thence directly toward the space IV at the back of the organ, which is reserved for the pipes, mouths, or tube-extensions required for the development of the tones. These are not shown, as they form no part of my invention.

By the above arrangement each reed has its own Valve immediately below it and its own throat or channel immediately above it, thereby securing an uninterrupted and permanent passage between the tip or tonguepoint of the reed to the extreme limit of the attachments by which the tone is further qualified.

The reed-cell has an opening at its front end, through which the reed is inserted or withdrawn for tuning or repairing purposes, andthis open end is covered by a closure or flap D, hinged at d to the front of face of the sound-board, and said closure or flap is kept in its open or closed position by one or more springs E, which will always be in tension thereupon, the same being arranged as shown in Fig. 2, or in any other approved manner.

It will be understood that the closure D, as well as the front board 0, below it, will extend right across the front of the organ, so as to cover the several chambers in the series; but for greater convenience these maybe divided into sections with separate springs and fastenings for each. It will also be remembered that the main wind-trunk (represented at F) will be preferably located at the ends of the instrument and stand vertically within the case at right angles to the several windchests which are put into communication therewith by the usual valves ff, operated by the stops, the levers f f of which are eontained within said wii'id-trunk, as shown in Fig. 7.

In conformity with the object of my present invention the general action connected with the key-board must pass by the front of the succession of sound boards, and in order to leave free spaces opposite the ends of the several reed-cells it is necessary that the action rods or wires Z Z should extend vertically between said cells, (clear of the case, as already mentioned,) and not in the same line as the pull-downs a which are attached centrally to the several valves a in the windehests. I therefore avoid interference with the withdrawal of the reeds by arranging the several valve-levers G G, of which there is one for each note, obliquely or diagonally from front to rear, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4, their rear ends being pivoted at g g to longitudinal bars II II, attached to theunder sides of the several windchests, this construction allowing of proper connection with the pulldowns a while thefront ends of said diagonal levers may engage with the action-wires Z Z in the correct line to avoid the reeds and the whole be operated without friction or lateral strain; and, furthermore, to allow the separate sound-boards and their immediate adjuncts to be withdrawn for repair from the rear of the instrument without deranging a'ny'of the others or disturbing the general action, I bifurcate or slit the ends of all the levers G, as at g, and, while permitting their proper engagement with the action-wires, this will not effect a permanent connection, but permit of the ready withdrawal mentioned.

Upon the action-wire a short distance above the points where it engages each of the abovenamed levers I solder or otherwise fasten a screw-threaded button K, and surround this with a sleeve Ii, (preferably about double the length of the button,) the lower end of which bears upon the upper side of the lever G, so that by screwing said sleeve up or down the required adjustment between the lever and the action-wire may be eifected.

As the button K will usually be of metal and the sleeve L of soft wood, I do not need to thread the interior of the latter; but by making a slit Z down one side from top to bottom,as seen in detail in Fig. (3, I avail myself of the natural spring of the wood to form a tight junction with the threaded buiton, and at the same time permit the sleeve to be readily placed upon the action-wire.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. I11 a reed-organ, the combination, with a series of sound-boards arranged one above the other and having openings at the front for the admission of the reeds, and a separate valve for each reed, of action rods or wires in connection with said valves and the keys E, said action rods or wires being located outside of the sound-boards and passing vertically between the several reed-cells, for the purpose described.

2. In a reed-organ, the combination, with a sound board and with its valve and pulldown wire, of a pivot-ed lever extending diagonally beneath such sound-board and an action-wire passing outside of same, said lever being in connection with the pull-down and action wire, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the sound-board, its pull-down, and the general action-wire, of the diagonal lever G, connected with the pulldown and having a bifurcated end embracing the action-wire, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4c. The combination, with the aetion-wire having an adjustable stop thereon and with ICC the sound-board and pull-down d of the pivoted diagonal lever G, having bifurcated end g, for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, with the lever (i and with the action-wire having fixed thereon the screwed button K, of the split sleeve L, surrounding said button and adjustable thereon, for the purpose specified.

6. In a reed-organ, the combination, with the Wind-chest A,having orifices a and a of the relief-Valve consisting of bellows (L in permanent connection with one orifice, and stop-disk a", operated by said bellows and adapted to close the other orifice, substantially in the manner specified.

'7. In a reed-organ, the combination, with v C. S. WARREN.

\Vitnesses:

CHAS. W. ABBEY, R. A. KELLOND.

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