US878387A - Bell-piano. - Google Patents

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.No- 878,387. PATENTED FEB. 4, 1908.

J. HAVASSY.

BELL PIANO.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 13.1907.

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Specificatien of Latte Application filed Jun-e l3. 1907i Serial No. 373599,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOE HAvAssY, a subject of the King of Hungary, and a resident of Copperhill, in the county of Poll; and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and lmproved Bell-Piano, of which the following is a, .iull, clea-r,end exact description.

The invention relates to musical instruments, and its object is to provide a new and improved bell piano, which issimple and durable in construction and arranged to permit of pro erly soundin the bells on playing the piano eye, and to amp the bells Whenever desired upon actuating a pedal mech amsm. I

' The invention consists of novel features and "piirts and combinations of the same,

which he more fully described hereinafterend then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented the accompanying drawings forming e part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corms ending parts in both views.

igure 1 is 2:. cross section of the improve-- ment (in-the line 1 i of Fig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a. sectional front elevation of the same on the line 2 2' of Fig. 1.

The casing E'of the hell iano, is preferably in the iorm simiies to the onegiven to upright pianos, and on the casing A is mounted e key-hoard. B, heviug the usual white keys B and thehlsci: keys B The. white keys B are connected at their rear ends with cords C passing: thseugh guide rings D etteehed to the es ing A, tnecords bein connected with Spllfig strikers E fastene to e rail F attached to the casein A. Each striker E is adapted to strike a be ll G sus ended b a shank G from a raii ettac ed to t e casing A, the arrangement being such that each key actuates e striker E for soundin a corres ending beil G, the striker E on re ease of ti 2. key immediately returning to its inactive position, that is, out of contact with the hell G. The rear end of each black key B is connected with a cord C extending through a guide ring D and connectinr with a. spring striker E attached to a rail fastened to the casin A, each strike": E being adapted to sound at hell G sus pended by its shank. G from a rail H attached to the casing A. By the esrange ment deseribed two series of bells end G are employed, of which the bells G are tuned to the tones of the dietonic scale,

scale of a. desired nunwei In order to diminthe eri damper rails .i to slide in suit errenged in the sides 0* ng The oeri'iper rails l and i provided at their under sides with strips i 1 431 elt or ethe; suitable F118;- tcrial, to damp the oi heiis G and G Whenever the coiresnonding darn; ej' rail 1 or I is moved downvierd. The damper rails I and I are noi'emliy heldv in an most inactive position hv l l em as i in the damper the hearings A, It

rails I and so neat. hy stirrups is, n with. cords L, L", extendin downwardly and 7 passing ove'iguide pulleys v N then cennect with pedals Q, i) a anged the lower pert oithe casing-A. Th when the pedal U is pressed the damper rail 1 moved downward against the ten .0 of the springs all the bells to damp same, and when l. *1) then the position by etion of i s springs J. in e manner when "ale pedal series of hells G, and WJUQ f:

lei sed then foil 7 so that the strip moves in contact with the operator releases T l damper mil .1 returns to its nosmal inactive U is pressed the dam reil nermel n 1: iii LlSlL the sounds-:2. A

Q properly sounded damped by Dressing; O 01 G]. L-

suspension oi tin. 1 rails i and i bells.

in order to accommoda e the hells in eeoh meal-sseries, I prefer to inelre the bells c tively "lie-t, end i .te strike the {rout of the ullS; so to exteriorly the front when nrwe' spending key.

Having thus described invention,

claim as new, and desire tdse'cur'e' by Letters Patent:-' p 1 t 1. A bell piano comprising a-series of suspended bells, a key-board having keys, a

spring striker for engaging each' bell exteriori'y, a cord connection between'each key and a striker to sound the corresponding bell, a sliding and spring-pressed damper railfor engaging the series of bells, and a pedal connectedwith 'the said damper rail to move the latter in engagement with the i .saids'eries of bells on pressing the said'pedal,

,2. A bell'piano comprising a series of suspendedbells, a key-boardhaving keys, a

spring strikerfor engaging each bell eilzt'e-" riorly, a cord connection between each keyand a striker to sound the corres Finding bel-l ,a d cally' and. ada ted to engage the seriesof bells, a pedal damper rail to move the latter in engage?) nient withthe said series-of bells 011 pressing the saiclfpedal, and springs'forreturning the amper-rail mounted-to sli( e Marti-t connected with the .said

saiddamper rail to normal inactive position on'releasing the pedal.

3. A bell piano comprising ,a-se'ries of suspendedbells, a key-board having keys, a

' sprin'g-striltjrti-ftji each bell, a cord connectron betwe'eireach key and a striker tos'ound theflcorrespo'ndmg bell, a spring -'pressed damperrail normally held out of engagement. with the'said bells, a pedal, and a cord (refined {Zion Y between the said pedal and the I saiii damper railto moveTthe latter: in con- ,Sfi-"tact with the said series 0tv bells and against :the tension of the springsof the damper rail.

4. A bell piano comprising two series of suspended bells,'the bells of one series being tuned to the tones of a diatonic scale and the other .series of bells to semitones, the two series of bells completing the chromatic scale through a plurality of octaves, sets of spring strikers for engaging the said series of bells exteriorly, a.keyboard having white and black keys,-and cord connections between the said series of strikers and the white and black keys of the key-board. r 5. A bell piano, comprising two series of suspended bells, the bells of one series being tuned to the tones of a diatonic scale and the other series of bells to semitones, the two series of bells completing the chromatic scale through a'plurality of octaves, sets of spring strikers for engaging the series of bells, exterierly, a keyboard having white' and 3145p keys, cord connections between the 1d series of strikers and the white and black keysofthe key-board, damper-rails mounted to slideup and down, springs on which rest.

the said rails, the springs normally holding the damper rails out of engagement with pedals and the i

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