Inventors A–Z

A

• Oliver H. Arno — Mechanical Musical Instrument. (1881), MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1882)
• Daniel Aubert — MUSICAL BOX. (1881)

B

• Charles Batchelor — PHONOGRAPH. (1889)
• Bernard Benedict — TALKING-MACHINE (1916)
• Emile Berliner — GRAMOPHONE (1887), GRAMOPHONE. (1895)
• Paul B. Th. Berner — SPUR-WHEEL FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1896)
• Gianni Bettini — APPARATUS FOR THE RECORD AND REPRODUCTION OF SOUNDS. (1889), PHONOGRAPH. (1892), PHONOGRAPH. (1892)
• Harold A. Bierck — PNEUMATIC CONTROLLER FOR MECHANICAL PIANO-PLAYERS (1917)
• Gustav A. Brachhausen — ELECTRICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1897)
• John August Brodin — AUTOMATIC ORGAN-PLAYER. (1894)
• Edwin H. Brown — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1883)
• David Wolfe Brown — METHOD OF REPREPARING GRAPHOPHONE-TABLETS. (1889)
• George Brown — ATTACHMENT FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1894)
• Theodore Parker Brown — SELF-PLAYING ATTACHMENT FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (1899), PEDAL-OPERATING MECHANISM FOR AUTOMATICALLY-OPERATED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (1901)
• Theodore P. Brown — AUTOMATIC PLAYING ATTACHMENT FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1903)
• William Bruening — APPARATUS FOR RECORDING SPEECH OR OTHER SOUNDS (1892), APPARATUS FOR RECORDING SPEECH OR OTHER SOUNDS (1892)

C

• Louis Campiche — MUSIC-BOX (1887), MUSIC-BOX (1888)
• J. Herbert Chase — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (1882), MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1887), MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1887)
• George H. Chinnock — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (1884)
• William H. Cooley — ART OF RECORDING AND REPRODUCING IMPULSES. (1895)
• Francis M. Criswell — PHONOGRAPH. (1892)

D

• Francis W. D'Olier — AUTOMATIC STOP FOR PHONOGRAPHS. (1915)
• George Howlett Davis — ELECTROMECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1898), SELF-PLAYING ATTACHMENT FOR PIANOS. (1908)
• Charles L. Davis — MECHANICAL PIANO-PLAYER (1901)
• Joseph H. Dickinson — MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE TENSION IN WIND WAYS OF MECHANICAL-MUSICAL-INSTRUMENT PLAYERS (1905)
• Philip T. Dodge — ERASING ATTACHMENT FOR PHONOGRAPHS. (1891)
• Cesare Donadoni — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (1885)
• Robert Hodges Bishop and William Down — KEY-BOARD ATTACHMENT FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1885)
• George W. Van Dusen — IMPROVEMENT IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1867)

E

• Thomas A. Edison — Improvement in Phonograph or Speaking Machines (1878), Phonograph. (1880), PHONOGRAPH. (1888), MACHINE FOR MAKING PHONOGRAM-BLANKS. (1888), AUTOMATIC DETERMINING DEVICE FOR PHONOGRAPHS. (1890), PHONOGRAPH. (1891), PHONOGRAPH (1893)
• Friedrich Ernst Paul Ehrlich — MUSIC-SHEET FOR MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1890)

F

• John U. Fischer — PIANOFORTE (1859)
• Arnold Frankfeld — IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MUSIC-BOX CYLINDERS. (1873)

G

• Merritt Gally — Mechanical Musical-Instrument. (1878), IMPROVEMENT IN MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (1878), MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (1883), MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1885)
• Claude Gavioli — MECHANISM FOR ACTUATING KEYBOARDS BY MEANS OF PERFORATED CARDS (1894)
• Willard H. Gilman — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1889)
• Fred R. Goolman — AUTOPNEUMATIC PIANO-PLAYER (1898)
• Martin E. Greenhouse — PATTERN-OPERATED MECHANICAL MOVEMENT (1899)

H

• Henry J. Hagen — DEVICE FOR REPRODUCING SOUND (1898)
• George B. Hakins — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1885)
• A. Wilford Hall — IMPROVEMENT IN PHONOGRAPHS (1879)
• Andrew H. Hammond — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (1882), MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1882)
• Nelson D. Hosley and Stillwell R. Harcourt — ACCENTUATION MECHANISM FOR AUTOPNEUMATIC MUSIC-PLAYING INSTRUMENTS. (1903)
• Max Hauschild — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1895)
• John J. Healy — EXPRESSION MECHANISM FOR SELF-PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1907)
• Frederick W. Hedgeland — EXPRESSION-INDICATOR FOR SELF-PLAYING INSTRUMENTS (1895)
• Henry F. Herman — AUTOMATIC PLAYER FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (1917)
• George H. Herrington — METHOD OF RECORDING SPEECH. (1888), PHONOGRAPH. (1891)
• Isaac W. Heysinger — PHONOGRAPH. (1890)
• Henry T. Holtz — PHONOGRAPH. (1891)
• Henry B. Horton — IMPROVEMENT IN AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (1877), Improvement in Mechanical Musical Instruments (1878)
• William H. Hoschke — AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1894)

J

• Gustave J. Jaccard — STOP-MOTION FOR MUSIC-BOXES. (1889)
• Ami Constant Jaccard — DAMPING MECHANISM FOR MUSIC-BOXES. (1895)
• William W. Jacques — PHONOGRAPH. (1889)
• Alfred Corning Clark and Eldridge R. Johnson — SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING MACHINE (1899)
• William Ford Schmoele and Henry Schmoele, Jr. — IMPROVEMENT IN ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC MUSIC-PLAYING APPARATUS. (1877)
• John McTammany, Jr. — AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1884)
• Frederich W. Wood and Edward H. Stiles, Jr. — AUTOMATIC STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (1902)
• Arthur Junod — MUSIC-BOX (1887)
• André Junod — DEVICE FOR TRIPPING VIBRATING TONGUES OF MECHANICAL MUSIC-BOXES (1899)

K

• Charles A. Kuster — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1887)

L

• Jacob H. Ling — AUTOMATIC REPEATING MECHANISM FOR PHONOGRAPHS. (1890)

M

• Thomas H. Macdonald — LIFTING MECHANISM FOR GRAPHOPHONE-REPRODUCERS. (1899)
• Levi D. Markle — MUSIC-BOX. (1899)
• Mason J. Matthews — IMPROVEMENT IN MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (1879), Mechanical Musical Instrument (1881)
• George B. Kelly and Mason J. Matthews — IMPROVEMENT IN MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1879)
• Stewart Dixon McKelvey — PHONOGRAPH (1895)
• John McTammany — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1885)
• Francis E. Moore — KEY-BOARD ATTACHMENT FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1881)
• Antonio L. Mora — IMPROVEMENT IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1872)
• Henry B. Morris — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1882)
• Samuel D. Mott — SOUND-REPRODUCING APPARATUS (1917)

N

• Elias P. Needham — IMPROVEMENT IN MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1879), Mechanical Musical Instrument. (1879)
• Elias P. Needham and Charles A. Needham — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1881)

O

• Edward Forbes O'Neill — IMPROVEMENT IN SELF-PLAYING ATTACHMENTS FOR KEY-BOARD INSTRUMENTS. (1879)
• Allan E. Olney — CHIMING MECHANISM. (1896)
• Eustace Oxley — PHONOGRAPH. (1891)

P

• Amédeé Paillard — IMPROVEMENT IN MUSICAL BOXES (1870)
• Ernest Paillard — MUSICAL BOX. (1882)
• Robert W. Pain — AUTOMATIC HARMONICA. (1882), PEDAL ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMATIC PLAYING DEVICES. (1899), ATTACHMENT FOR EXPRESSION OR ACCENT CONTROLLING MECHANISMS FOR MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1904)
• Joseph Panholzer — SELF PLAYING STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (1901)
• Ellis Parr — AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1887)
• George M. Patten — APPLICATION OF KEY-BOARD MECHANISM TO MUSIC-BOXES (1881)
• Benjamin C. Peck — STOP MECHANISM FOR SELF-PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1907)
• Minard A. Possons — GRAMOPHONE NEEDLE OR STYLUS (1914)

R

• Adolf Richter — DEVICE FOR VIBRATING TONGUES OF MUSIC-BOXES (1895), AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1896)
• Friedrich Adolf Richter — DAMPING DEVICE FOR MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1897)
• Paul Th. A. Rodeck — MUSIC-BOX. (1896)

S

• Harry M. Salyer — SELF PLAYING ATTACHMENT FOR KEY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. (1900), SELF-PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1907)
• Ferdinand Schaub — MUSICAL BOX. (1895)
• Friedrich Schneider — SELF-PLAYING STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (1901)
• Jean Schoenner — TOY PHONOGRAPH. (1899)
• Joseph Schwertner — KEY-BOARD ATTACHMENT FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (1883)
• George Schrade and Harold W. Shonnard — ELECTRIC PIANO (1899)
• Harold W. Shonnard — SELF-PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1906)
• Ernest M. Skinner — AUTOMATIC PIANO-PLAYER (1901)
• Louis Stocker — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1897)
• Charles F. Stoddard — AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (1919)
• Werner Suess — GRAMOPHONE. (1890)

T

• Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester A. Bell, and Sumner Tainter — REPRODUCING SOUNDS FROM PHONOGRAPH RECORDS. (1886)
• Chichester A. Bell and Sumner Tainter — RECORDING AND REPRODUCING SPEECH AND OTHER SOUNDS. (1886)
• Sumner Tainter — APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND REPRODUCING SOUNDS (1886)
• Charles Sumner Tainter — APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND REPRODUCING SPEECH AND OTHER SOUNDS (1887)
• Henry S. Taylor — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (1882)
• James E. Treat — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1887)

V

• Marcelo Vignali — GRAMOPHONE. (1916)
• Casper De Vilbiss — KEY-BOARD ATTACHMENT FOR PIANOS (1890)
• Edwin S. Votey — PNEUMATICALLY-ACTUATED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (1906)

W

• William A. Webber — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1882)
• Lorenzo Wesson — IMPROVEMENT IN ELECTRO-MAGNETIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (1865)
• John H. White — GRAPHOPHONE (1890), PHONOGRAPH. (1890), PHONOGRAPH. (1892)
• Frank C. White — AUTOMATIC PIANO-PLAYER (1902)
• Marshall Arthur Wier — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (1885), MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1885)
• William C. Wilkins — CHIME-RINGING MECHANISM. (1894)
• Leonidas G. Woolley — ELECTRIC MUSIC-BOX. (1881)
• Morris S. Wright — PNEUMATIC ACTION FOR SELF PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (1917)

Z

• Otto Zabekow — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1883)
• Theodor Zöllner — MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. (1893)