US890444A - Music-rest for pianos. - Google Patents

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No. 890,444. PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908. L. W. NORGROSS.

MUSIC BEST FOR PIANOS.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.21.1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI WATSON NOROROSS, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

MUSIC-REST FOR PIANOS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI WATSON NOR- onoss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Music-Rest for Pianos, of'which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a music rest designed more especially for use on pianos of that type in which the casing of the piano at the front and above the keyboard is composed of two panels of which the upper one is adapted to fold outwardly and downwardly to form a support or desk for the music, and on this panel the music is mounted.

The invention has for one of its objects to providea music rest of simple, inexpensive and durable construction which is mounted on the piano frame so as to be adjustable for the purpose of permitting-the music to be held at different heights according to the fancy of the player.

A further object of the invention is to provide a music rest which is of attractive ap pearance and readily manipulated.

With these objects in view, and others, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments of the inven tion, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the top portion of an upright piano showing the music rest applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the piano. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one end of the bar of the music rest, the hanger and the bracket therefor.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates the frame of the piano, the front of which, above the keyboard 2, is composed. of the lower main panel 3 and the upper main panel 4 extending across the front of the piano and hinged to the cross bar 5 so as to swing from its closed to its open position shown in Fig. 2.

In the present instance I have elected to,

show a piano construction of that character in my pending application, Serial N 0. 334,320, filed Sept. 12, 1906, in which the lower Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 21, 1906.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Serial No. 348,960.

panel is concaved so as to form a recess to receive the outer edge of the fall board 6 when the latter is swung open, thereby permitting the fall board to turn back to a greater extent than usual so that the hinged upper panel 4 of the front can swing down to a position near a perpendicular, so as to form a desk. I do not wish to be understood, however, that the music rest is necessarily limited to this form of piano, since it is adapted to other kinds with equal usefulness.

The music rest 7 which is preferably a bar of wood of approximately the length of the upper panel and of suitable transverse dimension carries at its ends hangers 8 that are adapted to engage with rest-supporting brackets 9 which are preferably brass castings,

and are provided with apertures 10 for re ceiving the screws, or other fastening devices, for securing the brackets to the side of the panel 4, which forms the front when the panel is swung down for use, and the rear when the panel is folded up into the piano frame when the piano is closed. The hangers 8 are each provided with a pintle 12 extending from one side of the body portion 13 thereof and engaging in the opening 13 of the adj acent bracket. The arrangement of the parts is such that the hangers swing in a vertical plane about their horizontal pintles. The rest 7 is attached at its ends to the hangers in any suitable manner, as, for instance, the hangers are formed with rectangular eyes 14 into which the extremities of the rest are fitted. By means of these hangers, the rest is capable of being adjusted to two different positions. In the full line position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the rest is adjacent the lower edge of the desk or panel 4, so that the music will be held comparatively close to the keyboard, a position which is approved by some players.

e held at a greater height, the rest 7 can be swung to the dotted line position where it will be close to the middle of the panel. In this position, the music will recline against the panel, andbe supported on the edge of the rest which before was lowermost. It will thus be seen that the rest can be adjusted very readily and that it is of simple and attractive form.

I have described the principle of opera-- tion of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely For those who prefer the music to illustrative, and that various changes may be made, when desired, which are within the scope of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. A piano having a hinged panel and a music rest pivotally connected to the rear side thereof, the aXis of the said pivotal connection being at a distance from the rest, said rest being adapted to be swung independently of the movement of the panel through the arc of a circle to bring the rest to two dillerent music holding positions, one of which is adjacent to the lower edge of the panel and the other above the longitudinal medial line thereof.

2. In a music rest for pianos, the combination of a supporting member, a music holding bar adaptedto rest against the member in two difi erent positions, hangers attached to the ends of the bar, pintles on the hangers, and brackets secured to the member and provided with openings for receiving the said pintles.

3. A music rest comprising a music holding member, a hanger at each end of the member provided with an eye for receiving one of the extremities of the latter, a pintle on each hanger, and brackets each having an opemng for receiving one of the pintles.

i. A piano comprising a frame having a hinged upper panel adapted to form a desk, and a keyboard, in combination with a music rest adjustable on the panel to diilerent heights above the keyboard and having two surfaces adapted. to hold music one in either position.

5. A piano comprising a frame having a hinged upper panel adapted to form a desk, and a keyboard, in combination with a music rest comprising a music supporting HIGlllbG/l, and means for mounting the member on the panel to permit the member to swing to two different music holding positions, said memher having two surfaces adapted to hold music one in either position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aHiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEVI IVATSON NORCROSS.

Witnesses:

J. M. YOUNG-BLOOD, J. H. CURTIS.

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