US811279A - Piano attachment. - Google Patents

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No. 811,279. PATENTED JAN. 80, 1906.

W. G. CREIGHTON & O. M. BANKER. PIANO ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.21, 1905.

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No. 811,279. PATENTED'JAN. 80, 1906. W. C. CREIGHTON & C. M. BANKER. PIANO ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAILZI, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER C. CREIGHTON AND CLARENCE M. BANKER, OF ILION, NEW YORK.

PIANO ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed March 21, 1905. Serial No. 251,290.

To all whom, it 771/017 concern.-

Be it known that we, WALTER C. CREIGH- TON and CLARENCE M. BANKER, citizens of the United States, residing at Ilion, in the county of Herkimer, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Piano Attachments and we do hereby'declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to pianos, and more particularly to attachments therefor, and has for its object to provide an attachment which may be connected with the pedals of an instrument and which will be so arranged that the pedals may be operated thereby, the attachment being so constructed that it may be operated by the feet of children or others who cannot reach the pedals of the instrument.

A further object is to provide a device which will be susceptible of adjustment to suit different conditions.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following specification.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like letters and numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the present invention applied to a piano. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the attachment. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a piano and the present invention.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises a base-plate A, hav ing pairs of upwardly-extending rods C and C at its ends. A top plate B is provided and has perforations B therein,in which the rods C and C are slidably engaged. The top plate B has downwardly-extending brackets H secured thereto,which are provided with passages H, alining with the perforations B, and in these passages the rods C C are also slidably engaged. Set-screws I are engaged in the brackets and are operable to impinge against the rods C C to hold the top plate against movement thereupon. Adjacent to its forward edge 5 the top plate has vertical perforations 6 formed therethrough adjacent to its ends, and slidably engaged in these perforations there are vertical rods G having foot-plates F at their upper ends.

Blocks are provided and have passages 7 formed therethrough for the reception of the pedals D of a piano, set-screws 10 being engaged in the blocks for operation to impinge against the pedals to prevent accidental disengagement thereof from the passages 7. The blocks 7 have vertical passages 8 therein opening through their upper ends, and in these passages the lower ends of the rods G are engaged. Set-screws 9 are engaged in the blocks and are operable to impinge against the rods G to hold the latter within the passages, the blocks 7 being thus adjustable vertically with respect to the rods G. V

WVhat is claimed is An attachment for pianos comprising a base-plate, pairs of upwardly-extending rods carried by the ends of the baseplate, a top plate having openings therein in which the rodsare slidably engaged, brackets carried by the top plate and in which the rods are slidably engaged, set-screws engaged in the brackets and arranged for operation to impinge against the rods to hold the top plate at different points of its movement upon the rods, vertical rods slidably engaged in the top plate adjacent to one edge thereof, blocks having recesses in their upper ends in which the lower ends of the last-named rods are slidably engaged, set-screws engaged in the blocks and arranged for operation to impinge against the last-named rods to hold the blocks at different points of their movement with respect to said rods, said blocks having horizontal pedal-receiving passages formed therethrough and set-screws engaged in the blocks and arranged for operation to impinge against pedals engaged in the passages.

In testimony whereof we affiX our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER C. CREIGHTON. CLARENCE M. BANKER. Witnessesz CLYDE H. BARGER, FRED S. HARRIS.

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