US550431A

US550431A - Franz oscar abler and hermann jordan

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Publication number: US550431A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-11-26
Anticipated expiration: 1912-11-26

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R0. ADLER 8: I-I. JORDAN. WODDBN MUSICAL WIND INSTRUMENT.

No. 550,431. Patented NOV. 26, 1895.

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FRANZ OSCAR ADLER AND HERMANN JORDAN, OF MARKNEUKIROHEN,

GERMANY.

WOODEN MUSICAL WIND-INSTRUMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 550,431, dated November 26, 1895.

Application led February 24, 1894. Serial No. 501,323. (No mdell) Patented in Germany September 27, 1893,1To. 83,005; in England October 31,1893,No.20,598; in France November 2, 1893,1To. 233,792; in Italy March 30, 1894, XXVIII, 35,418, LXIX, 268, and in Austria-Hungary June 18, 1894:, No. 11,724 and Nm 22,743\

To all whom t may concern..-

Beit known that we, FRANZ OSCAR ADLER and HERMANN JORDAN, of Markneukirchen, in the Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, have invented a new and Improved IVooden Musical Wind-Instrument, (for which we have obtained the following patents: in Germany, No. 83,005, dated September 27,1893; in England, No. 20,598, dated October 3l, 1893; in France, No. 233,7 92, dated November 2, 1893; in Austria -I-Iungary, No. 11,7 2-1 and No. 22,743, dated June 18, 1894:, and in Italy, XXVIII, 35,418, LXIX, 268, dated March 30, 18%,) of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to an improved wooden musical wind-instrument producing a rich and novel effect.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal central section of our improved musical instrument; Fig. 2, a cross-section on line M M, Fig. l; Fig. 3, an elevation of the instrument, and Fig. i an elevation taken from the opposite side.

rlhe letter A represents the tubular wooden body of the instrument, provided with a parrd tition B2, that forms two communicating windchambers B B. The chamber B connects with a neck C, carrying the mouthpiece C. The bore D of the neck O is smaller than the width of chamber B at the point of connection, and in this way an offset E is here formed, which has an effect upon the novel sound produced. I The chamber B is contracted from the point F upward, which is also of importance. The chambers B B are closed at the bottom by plate G, while the arrangement of the keys is similar to that used on the clarinet, bassoon, or oboe. At the top of chamber B/ there is placed a metal sound-accumulator II. The bore of the instrument gradually widens from the mouthpiece toward its end, with the eX- ception of the contracted part F.

Our improyed musical instrument can be played the same as the oboe or bassoon, and as the tone produced is entirely novel it may be easily played by a musician and will produce a characteristic effect in the orchestra. It has the same peculiarity as the flute or oboe of producing the higher note 01E the octave on a forced blow. The tone is horn-like, very strong, and of rich timbre, so that the instrument is particularly adapted for march or dancing music, where it will lead the tune. It is adapted for large and small (even the smallest) orchestras, is very durable, requires no repairing, can be tuned in sharps and iiats, and has a reach of almost three octaves.

Vhat we claim is The combination of a tubular wooden body A, having partition B2 and tapering wind chambers B B', contracted at F, with nozzle C, having shoulder E, substantially as speciiied.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANZ OSCAR ADLER. HERMANN JORDAN.

Witnesses ERNST BURKMANN, GEORG JORDAN.