US778457A

US778457A - Peg-box.

Info

Publication number: US778457A
Application number: US19875104A
Authority: US
Inventors: Peter Matusak
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1904-03-18
Filing date: 1904-03-18
Publication date: 1904-12-27
Anticipated expiration: 1921-12-27

Description

10.778,451. PATENTED DEG. 2v, 1904. y. MATUSAK..

PEG B0X.

APPLICATION FILED MAB18, 1904.

- iweml'oz YLMML UNITED STATES Patented December 27, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

PEG-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,457, dated December 27, 1904.

Application led March 1S, 1904. Serial No. 198,751.

Be it known that I, PETER MATUsAK, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Greensburg, in the county of Westmoreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Peg-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

.My invention relates to improvements -in peg-boxes of violins; and it consists of a plate secured on each side of the peg-boX-that is to say, on the outer wall of the peg-boxM which is of such construction that it is secured solely by the pegs to said walls and is of such construction that it is adapted for use on any violin of standard design without in any manner changing the instrument or injuring it by the use of jam-nuts or screws.

Violins are made with two styles of heads, one in which the peg-holes are grouped two at the top and two at the bottom of the head. In the other style the holes are equally distant from each other, and I have illustrated my invention as adapted for both styles.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view o1 the head of a violin with my invention attached. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the side plate. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the opposite side plate. Fig. 4 is a side view of a violin-head, showing' the first step of securing the plate onto the sides of the peg-box. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of one of the plates for use on a violin in which the peg-holes in the head are equally distant from each other.

1 represents the neck, 2 the peg-box, and 3 the head, of an approved type of violin, the peg-box having the usual walls 4.

5 and 6 represent side plates constructed 'for a violin wherein the pegs are grouped two at the top and two at the bottom oi' the head. rIhe plate 6 is provided with three circular peg-openings 7, 8, and 9, there being an elongated slot l() terminating in a seat 11 for the peg, said seat being set back from the slot toward the rear of the plate, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The plate 5 is provided with two elongated slots 12 13 and two circular openings 14 15, the openings and slots alternating. These openings and slots are cut or formed to register with the peg-openings on the standard violin. The only difference in the construeing the plate to hang loosely at right angles' to the head, as shown in Fig. 5. Slide left plate or 6 in position, with slot 11 engaging the projecting' end of the peg E, the plate 6 being in proper position, with its openings registering with the peg-openings ot' the peg-box.

I then insert pegs D and G from the lefthand side through the openings 7 and 8 of the plate 6. The right plate 5 is then swung on the peg E as an axis until the slots 12 and 13 engage with the ends of the pegsD and Gr, as shown in Fig. 2, thus bringing the opening 9 in plate 6 and the opening 15, plate 5, to register with the opening 16 in the peg-box, whereupon the peg A is passed through said openings, thus locking the

plates

5 and 6 to the sides ot' the peg-box against movement. rlhe pegs D, E, and G are each provided with an annular groove near the end, into which the walls of the slots of the plates enter, thus locking said plates against lateral movement, the washer 17 and pin 18, secured on the peg A, being an vadditional means to lock the plates against lateral movement. Each of the keys is provided with small ratchets 19 on their heads, which are engaged by pawls 20, pivotally secured, by means of straps 21, on said plates, as clearly shown in the drawings. After the pegs and plates are thus secured the strings of the instrument may then be attached in the usual manner. It will be observed that the slots in the plates are formed on the arc of a circle struck from the center oi" the opening 14 of the plate 5, whereby said plates may be swung into position on the peg' E, the peg E acting as a pivot or centering pin for the plates. In the construction shown in Fig. 5 the peg E2 is the pivot or centering peg.

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

1. The combination with the peg-box of a stringed musical instrument and the keys thereof, of slotted plates' mounted upon one IOO of said keys and constructed to be swung upon said key, as a center, into engagement with the other keys. l

2. The combination with the peg-box of a stringed musical instrument and the keys thereof, of slotted locking-plates mounted upon one of said keys and constructed to be swung upon said key, as a center, into engagement with the other keys.

3. The combination with the peg-box of a stringed musical instrument and the keys thereof, of slotted plates mounted upon one of said keys and constructed to be swung upon said key, as a center, into engagement with the other keys, and locking means carried by said plates to lock said keys against rotation.

4. The combination with the peg-box of a stringed musical instrument and the keys thereof, of a plate pivoted on each side of the box on one of said keys and constructed to be swung upon said key, as a center, into engagement with the other keys, and a pawl-andratchet mechanism between said plates and said keys to lock the keys against rotation.

5. The combination with the peg-box of a stringed musical instrument and its keys, said keys having annular grooves near their ends, of a slotted plate pivoted upon one of said keys on each side of the peg-box and con structed to be swung upon said keys, as a center, into engagement with the grooves in said keys.

6. The combination with the peg-box of a stringed musical instrument and the keys thereof, of a locking-plate having a series of slots and openings registering with said keys.

7. The combination with the keys of a stringed musical instrument, of locking-plates having a series of openings and slots registering with said keys, said plates being mounted to swing upon one of said keys.

a series of pawls secured to said plates for engagement with the ratchets of said keys.

l0. In a stringed musical instrument, the combination with the peg-box and the keys thereof, a ratchet-wheel secu red to the head of each key, of locking-plates for said keys, one

. of said plates having two slots, one extending from the top and the other from the bottom toward the center of said plate and perforations through said plate, the other plate having a slot extending from the top thereof toward the center and a series of perforations, the slots and perforations of said plates registering with said keys, said plates being mounted upon one of said keys and constructed to be swung upon said key, as a center, inte en gagement with the other keys, and a series of pawls secured to said plates adjacent the perforations thereof, and adapted to engage the ratchets on the head of said keys to lock said keys against rotation.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in i presence of two witnesses,

PETER MATUSAK.

I/Vitnesses:

J. M. TRUXAL, W. F. WEGLEY.