The Talking Machine Patent Archive

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Reed instrument

Patent drawing of a hand-held cylindrical music-making device labeled 'phuniphone,' shown gripped by a hand at a wooden handle, with internal bellows, reed plates, and paper rolls visible through the open casing.IMPROVEMENT IN MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSMason J. Matthews · January 28, 1879Patent drawing of an automatic harmonica showing a reed-plate instrument mounted on legs, topped by a layered bellows and diaphragm assembly, with two side drums holding a perforated music sheet turned by crank handles.AUTOMATIC HARMONICA.Robert W. Pain · January 3, 1882Patent drawing of a mechanical harmonica with a hand-crank, geared rollers feeding a perforated paper band across a row of reed cells, plus detail views of the connecting card ends and a large disc-shaped roller assembly.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.Otto Zabekow · December 25, 1883Patent drawing showing a hand-cranked mechanical musical instrument with a circular reed holder and handle in Fig. 1, its cross-section in Fig. 1A, and a rectangular two-row reed variant with scroll-decorated chest in Figs. 2 and 2A.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTMarshall Arthur Wier · October 27, 1885Patent drawing of a trumpet-shaped mechanical musical instrument with internal reed scale-plate, rotating air tube, and perforated paper tune drum, shown in six labeled cross-sectional and end views.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.Marshall Arthur Wier · October 27, 1885