US156498A - Improvement in machines for trimming keys of musical instruments - Google Patents
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- MILON PRATT OF DEEP RIVER, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND PRATT, READ 8U CO., OF SAME PLACE.
- This invention relates to the manufacture of keys for pianos, organs, and similar musical instruments; and consists ot' a machine. for trimming oft' the wood remaining on the keys after the pieces commonly known as sharps are removed.
- a flat board of the proper size is first prepared, upon 011e surface of which the ivory coverings of the intended keys are glued. The spaces between the ivory coverings, where the keys of the sharps are subsequently to stand, are then cut out, and the wood removed. This removal is accomplished by slitting the board with a saw along the sides of the sharp spaces between the ivory, and then cutting the tongue of wood nearly off by means of a chisel, and ijnally breaking o' the tongue.
- Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section oi the machine, taken on the line .x :c of Fig. 2.
- Fig. 2 is a top or plan view.
- Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. 1, taken on the line y y.
- A is a platform secured 'to the bed B in any substantial manner, to which bed is securely fastened the curved slotted stand C.
- D is a l lever which has its fulcrum through the slot E of the stand, to the short end of which lever is fixed, by means of the transverse slotted holder F, the adjustable cutting-tool G.
- This holder F is round, so that it will turn in the lever to vary the position of the chisel or cutter. It is fastened, when properly adjusted, by the screw-nut H of the holder.
- To the long end of the lever is attached the vertical pitman I, which passes down through the bed B.
- J is a slotted post fixed in the bed, through which thelever passes.
- Kis ascrew in the upper end of the post the end of which reaches down into the slot and serves' as a gage for the lever.
- the chisel or cutter is raised by means of a spring, L, which is attached to the lever and to the base of the stand C.
- M is the key-board which is placed with the ivory next the platform, and with a projecting edge of the ivory in a slot under the guide N, as indicated by dotted lines.
- the key-board is moved along under the cutter, and the spaces O, between the keys p, are out on a'bevel down to the ivory in the most accurate and expeditious manner.
- the cutter is actuated by means oi' a treadle applied to the pitman or by any other suitable motive power.
- the gage-screw K the cutter is made to stop when it cuts through the Wood, so'that the ivory is not injured. The wood is cut to a true and smooth bevel, as seen in the drawing, leaving the ivory a untouched.
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Machines fnr Trimming nys nfMnsin-al Instruments. I N0,156,4'98. Patented Nov-3,1874.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
MILON PRATT, OF DEEP RIVER, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND PRATT, READ 8U CO., OF SAME PLACE.
IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR TRIMMING KEYS 0F MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,498, dated November 3, 1874; application led Y September 5, 1874.
To all whom it may concern.:
Beit known that I, MILoN PRATT, of Deep River, in the county of Middlesex and State ot' Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Trimming Keys for Musical Instruments, of which the following is a specication:
This invention relates to the manufacture of keys for pianos, organs, and similar musical instruments; and consists ot' a machine. for trimming oft' the wood remaining on the keys after the pieces commonly known as sharps are removed. In the manufacture of keys for musical instruments a flat board of the proper size is first prepared, upon 011e surface of which the ivory coverings of the intended keys are glued. The spaces between the ivory coverings, where the keys of the sharps are subsequently to stand, are then cut out, and the wood removed. This removal is accomplished by slitting the board with a saw along the sides of the sharp spaces between the ivory, and then cutting the tongue of wood nearly off by means of a chisel, and ijnally breaking o' the tongue. The ragged edge left by this breaking otis then trimmed and chamfered by hand, which is a slow operation, much skill being required, as the edges of the ivory are apt to be injured by unsteadiness on the part of the operator in using the cutting-tool. The
' object of the within-described mechanism is toeftect the above trimming in a more sat'e, accurate, and rapid manner than it can be done by hand. So far as Iam aware no mechanism for this purpose has ever before been employed.
In the accompanying` drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section oi the machine, taken on the line .x :c of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top or plan view. Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. 1, taken on the line y y.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. A is a platform secured 'to the bed B in any substantial manner, to which bed is securely fastened the curved slotted stand C. D is a l lever which has its fulcrum through the slot E of the stand, to the short end of which lever is fixed, by means of the transverse slotted holder F, the adjustable cutting-tool G. This holder F is round, so that it will turn in the lever to vary the position of the chisel or cutter. It is fastened, when properly adjusted, by the screw-nut H of the holder. To the long end of the lever is attached the vertical pitman I, which passes down through the bed B. J is a slotted post fixed in the bed, through which thelever passes. Kis ascrew in the upper end of the post, the end of which reaches down into the slot and serves' as a gage for the lever. The chisel or cutter is raised by means of a spring, L, which is attached to the lever and to the base of the stand C. M is the key-board which is placed with the ivory next the platform, and with a projecting edge of the ivory in a slot under the guide N, as indicated by dotted lines. The key-board is moved along under the cutter, and the spaces O, between the keys p, are out on a'bevel down to the ivory in the most accurate and expeditious manner. The cutter is actuated by means oi' a treadle applied to the pitman or by any other suitable motive power. By means of the gage-screw K the cutter is made to stop when it cuts through the Wood, so'that the ivory is not injured. The wood is cut to a true and smooth bevel, as seen in the drawing, leaving the ivory a untouched.
Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the lever D, pivoted on stand C and having chisel Gr at one end, with the subjacently recessed guide N resting upon platform A, as andfor the purpose speciiied.
MILON PRATT. Witnesses:
FELIX A. DENIsoN, GEO. A. READ.
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