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US1575961A
US1575961A US34203A US3420325A US1575961A US 1575961 A US1575961 A US 1575961A US 34203 A US34203 A US 34203A US 3420325 A US3420325 A US 3420325A US 1575961 A US1575961 A US 1575961A
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Bartholomae William
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BAR ZIM TOY Manufacturing CO Inc
BAR-ZIM TOY Manufacturing Co Inc
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Priority to US34203A priority Critical patent/US1575961A/en
Priority to GB5017/26A priority patent/GB254632A/en
Priority to CH120279D priority patent/CH120279A/de
Priority to FR612476D priority patent/FR612476A/fr
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Priority to DEB124392D priority patent/DE442741C/de
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10D—STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDIONS OR CONCERTINAS; PERCUSSION MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; AEOLIAN HARPS; SINGING-FLAME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G10D13/00—Percussion musical instruments; Details or accessories therefor
    • G10D13/01—General design of percussion musical instruments
    • G10D13/08—Multi-toned musical instruments with sonorous bars, blocks, forks, gongs, plates, rods or teeth

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  • the face .of the sounding elements that is arranged;to-betouchedby the players stick is given a .ridged surface, which may be produced in 'various' ways, some of which are hereinafter described.
  • 'Anothe r object of thisinvention lies in the provision of the 5 sounding elements with lips, by the formation of which the note given forth by the.
  • a third object of this invention consists in the novel and improved mounting provided for the 40 sounding elements in the frame or base of.
  • Fig. 1' is a plan vlew'of themusical toy
  • FIG. 1 I pa'rtsbeing shown broken at A; Fig; 2' is a fragmentary side elevation; Fig. 3 is altrans- 0 verse section onthe line 3'3,'of Fig. 1; Figs. 4, 5and 6 are detail views illustrating, in section, soundingelements provided with r lips'that are difierently formed, Fig.
  • FIG. 8 is a'detail'v-iew illustrating, in perspective,'a modified form of sounding elementyand Fig, 9 is :a detail illustrating still another form ofridged playing faceof a sounding element.
  • the base or support B is, in plan view
  • the sider walls 0, d are formedfwith recesses .ef arranged to receive 1 the sounding or musicemitting elements f.-
  • the recesses e. are
  • the sounding elements 7 have a substantially inverted U shape, in end view and cross 'section, and the walls It that'extend lengthwise offthe' sounding element f and downwardly from the playingj(or rubbing) :surface 41 thereof," are formed with holesfj thatare arranged to receive a cord lo thatis threaded through the eyes gfand that passes outside of the end-block b fanjd the ends .of which are" held the button m that iscarried by the othe'r. end-block a.
  • This mode 'of su'spension of the sounding elements reduces damping of the vibra-' tions and results in the tone emitted being more sustained and more pure.
  • An important feature of this invention resides in the provision of the top or playing face i with a ridged surface, which the player strokes or rubs with the ball-shaped end of his playing stick or a like device).
  • This rid ed or ;wav urface may be given to the slaying face z in various ways; e. 2, the ringed contour may be P'XOtltld 5 ing walls 71. are formed with lips, which may t forming series'of raised portions or protuberances 21 (Figs. 2zand-3)" that are spaced from one another, so that a music'altone ornote. isemitted by the-sounding element f when the.
  • playingzisti'ck is stroked or passed lightly over the prominences i of the playing surface 2' of the element ffrom 'endto end thereof or transversely of the toy-base B.
  • the playing foriningitwith alternate swells i, andvalleys i, that is, it may be 'W-rihkled or corrugated.
  • the-sounding]element has afplayingfacee that is ridged by forming it With a series of froniinences or bosses n that are separated y'the, grooves n and are flattened at their tops n;
  • the tops of the latter maybe made more or. less sharp,;so I I [1,024,878. face of the element f". may berridgedby that. they will give the playingj face a" a'45" toothed or notched contour-y that is, the ridged playing face a may be serrated.
  • v y A musicaltoy having music-emitting elementsof'varying pitch the playing-faces of which elementsare ridged by low-lying, j spaced prominences and arranged to emit musical sounds when stroked Witha play-1 ing-stick, such prominences being of music? producing quality and; having such slight elevation above thepla'ying-f'aces as to afi'ord'i-the' playing-stick free passage in" a rubbing 'music p'rod'ucing' stroke l'engthivfi. of the elements and over the prominences.
  • 31Av musical my including a base-supff 1 port formed with recesses; music-emitting -I I elements arranged in the recesses, saidele ment s' being U-shaped in: cross-section,

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US34203A 1925-06-01 1925-06-01 Musical toy Expired - Lifetime US1575961A (en)

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US34203A US1575961A (en) 1925-06-01 1925-06-01 Musical toy
GB5017/26A GB254632A (en) 1925-06-01 1926-02-22 Improvements in and relating to musical toys
CH120279D CH120279A (de) 1925-06-01 1926-03-05 Musikspielzeug.
FR612476D FR612476A (fr) 1925-06-01 1926-03-08 Jouet musical
DEB124392D DE442741C (de) 1925-06-01 1926-03-09 Musikinstrument mit Klangplatten

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US34203A US1575961A (en) 1925-06-01 1925-06-01 Musical toy
GB5017/26A GB254632A (en) 1925-06-01 1926-02-22 Improvements in and relating to musical toys
CH120279T 1926-03-05
FR612476T 1926-03-08
DEB124392D DE442741C (de) 1925-06-01 1926-03-09 Musikinstrument mit Klangplatten

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2540925A (en) * 1945-11-10 1951-02-06 Zimmerman Harry Musical instrument of the xylophone type
US2577497A (en) * 1946-08-10 1951-12-04 Ever Rite Toy Co Inc Musical play pen toy
US4913023A (en) * 1986-11-04 1990-04-03 Yamaha Corporation Bar for use in electronic percussion system
EP0630511A1 (de) * 1992-03-10 1994-12-28 Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation Schlagmusikinstrument

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US2898795A (en) * 1955-08-19 1959-08-11 Schulmerich Electronics Inc Free-free type tone generating bar
JPS60254091A (ja) * 1984-05-30 1985-12-14 ヤマハ株式会社 音板の製法
US6162976A (en) * 1999-06-11 2000-12-19 Clausen; Tor C. Furniture incorporating a percussion instrument and method for forming the same
US6376757B1 (en) 1999-06-11 2002-04-23 Tor C. Clausen Furniture incorporating a percussion instrument and method for forming the same

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2540925A (en) * 1945-11-10 1951-02-06 Zimmerman Harry Musical instrument of the xylophone type
US2577497A (en) * 1946-08-10 1951-12-04 Ever Rite Toy Co Inc Musical play pen toy
US4913023A (en) * 1986-11-04 1990-04-03 Yamaha Corporation Bar for use in electronic percussion system
EP0630511A1 (de) * 1992-03-10 1994-12-28 Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation Schlagmusikinstrument
EP0630511A4 (de) * 1992-03-10 1996-02-28 Commw Scient Ind Res Org Schlagmusikinstrument.

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FR612476A (fr) 1926-10-25
GB254632A (en) 1926-07-08
DE442741C (de) 1927-04-07

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