The Talking Machine Patent Archive

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Orguinette

Patent drawing of a wooden orguinette-style mechanical organ mounted on a stand, showing two large paper-strip rollers at either end, a central reed box labeled with mechanism letters, a hand crank, and internal cross-section views of the bellows and shaft linkages.IMPROVEMENT IN MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.George B. Kelly and Mason J. Matthews · July 22, 1879Patent drawing showing two long perforated paper music sheets with numbered rows of rectangular holes labeled 1 through 14 and a section view of a reed-board with a row of U-shaped reed chambers and reeds labeled c, d, f, and g.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.William A. Webber · July 18, 1882Patent drawing of an orguinette-style mechanical musical instrument showing the cabinet with music roller, take-up roller, reed-board with individual reed chambers, a detachable swell-box with slide-board and tremulant valve resting on the perforated music strip, and bellows with exhaust valves beneath.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTJ. Herbert Chase · September 5, 1882A detailed engineering plan and side views of a wooden mechanical musical instrument case showing a perforated paper roll mechanism, crank handle, feed and presser rolls, paired bellows exhausters, and a reed-chest with individual reed cells, all labeled with reference letters for the patent drawing.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.J. Herbert Chase · March 29, 1887Patent drawing of a cabinet-style mechanical organ showing internal bellows, reed board, driving shaft with cranks, and paper music-sheet rollers, with a hinged cover above.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.J. Herbert Chase · May 24, 1887Patent drawing of a mechanical musical instrument showing a boxed frame with a perforated music-sheet stretched between two rollers, side gear wheels, a hand crank, and pivoted levers used to lift the take-up roller and stop the sheet's motion.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.James E. Treat · September 6, 1887