US564091A

US564091A - Violin-bow

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Publication number: US564091A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 1913-07-14

Description

(No Model.)

J. D. LOPP-ENTIEN.

VIOLIN BOW.

Patented July 14, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOIIN D. LOPPENTIEN, OF ORANGE, CALIFORNIA.

VIOLIN-BOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,091, dated July 14, 1896.

Application iiled April 10, 1896.

.To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN D. LorPENrIEN, of Orange, .in the county of Orange and State of California, have invented an Improved Violin-Bow, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention is an improved attachment for violin-bows, which I term a supporter,7 inasmuch as it supports the thumb in a steady position upon the body.

Ifleretofore it has required long practice to acquire a steady handling of the violin-bow, because the thumb touched the bow only at one point and consequently had to counterl balance on this one point the pressure of the four fingers upon the opposite side of the bow. This wearies the thumb and renders the bow unsteady.

Now the object of this invention is to avoid this objection, provide a steady support for the thumb, one which does not require any nicety of adjustment of the thumb, and one which will only bear upon the bow at two points. Another object is to provide a supporter attachment which shall be exceedingly light and will not detract from the qualities of the bow.

NVith these objects in view my invention consists in the peculiar construction of the several parts and in their novel combination and arrangements, all of which will be fully described hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure lis a perspective view of the bow provided with my supporting attachment. Fig. 2 is a similar view, taken from the opposite side. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the supporter detached.

The supporter attachment can be placed upon any of the bows now in use, and is preferably made of some light sheet metal, such as aluminium, nickel, dac. Furthermore, it can be cast in one piece or punched from la single piece of metal, or it can be made of several pieces.

Described in detail, it comprises two side members A A and an end piece B, which connects the side pieces at the rear end,while at the front end said side pieces merge into a semicircular or arched portion C, which embraces the bow D, and projecting forward from this portion O is a rod E, preferably tubular in form, and in practice integralwith one of the side members. The side member Serial No. 586,984. (No model.)

A projects farther forward than the member A', such projecting portion having an opening F made therein, said opening sulficiently large to admit the extreme end of the thumb.

A rest-plate G extends transversely between the side members A and A, opposite this opening F, and in fact this plate is flush with the base of said opening and is integral vwith the side A. The sides A and A are also perforated to lighten the attachment.

The end B has a perforation b through which the adjusting-screw H passes, and the tubular rod E is held upon the rod by an ad justable clamping-collar K, mounted upon the bow.

By means of the screw I'I and collar K the attachment is connected to the bow at two points only. A

In practice the attachment Vis easily set in place, the sides embracing the sides of the frog, the end abutting against the end of the bow, and the rest-plate extending beneath the frog but slightly in advance thereof. In playing, the thumb rests upon the rest-plate, the end extending in the opening, and by this means the bow is held steady and the thumb is able to oppose the pressure of the forenger without tiring said thumb.

It will thus be seen that I provide an attachment which will enable one to play with an even tone without a great deal of practice.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A bow attachment comprising the side and end pieces, one of the side pieces having an opening and the rest-plate passing through said opening, substantially as shown and described.

2. A bow attachment comprising the side and end pieces, the rest-plate, arched portion,

and the rod, all arranged substantially asshown and described.

3. A bow attachment comprising the side and end members, one of the side members having an opening, the rest-plate, the arched portion, and the rod, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN io. LOPPENTIEN. Witnesses:

F. W'. ROGERS, W. H. H. CLAYTON.

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