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Reed organ

Exploded patent drawing of a cabinet-style reed organ labeled 'autophone,' showing a perforated paper valve-sheet feeding over rows of metal reed pipes, driven by a foot pedal, balance-wheel, and hand crank visible on the wooden case.Improvement in Mechanical Musical InstrumentsHenry B. Horton · December 3, 1878Patent drawing showing four figures of a mechanical reed and pipe organ mechanism, including a wind-chest with a perforated paper roll traveling over an action-board with air passages leading to reeds and pipes, plus a plan view of the roll compartment with hinged lid and screws.IMPROVEMENT IN MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.Elias P. Needham · March 18, 1879Patent 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 a mechanical reed organ with a treadle-driven fly-wheel shaft, bellows and wind-chest, and a perforated paper music-sheet passing over an action board between a music-roller and take-up roller, with detailed side and sectional views of the internal gearing and pawl mechanism.Mechanical Musical Instrument.Elias P. Needham · November 4, 1879Patent drawing showing a plan view and cross-section of a mechanical reed organ with a perforated paper music-sheet running over rollers, a dome-shaped reed-board chamber, and bellows connected by cranks and pitmen.Mechanical Musical InstrumentMason J. Matthews · February 22, 1881Patent drawing of a cased mechanical reed organ showing an inclined reed-board, wind-chest, bellows arrangement, and paper music-roll transport mechanism with take-up roller and hand cranks, alongside detail views of the cover slats and roller construction.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTAndrew H. Hammond · March 7, 1882Patent drawing of a cabinet-style mechanical reed organ showing internal rollers, a driving shaft with crank, bellows, and a wind-chest with valve mechanisms in cross-section and plan views.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.Andrew H. Hammond · March 7, 1882Patent drawing showing a cutaway mechanical musical instrument with a bellows, wind-chest, perforated music sheet feeding between rollers, and rows of organ pipes mounted above a movable sound-board.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTHenry S. Taylor · June 6, 1882A side-elevation patent drawing showing the internal mechanism of an automatic reed organ, with a bellows, reservoir bellows, reed pipes arranged in a fan pattern, a wound paper valve-sheet running over two rollers, and a hand-crank mechanism at top left.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.Henry B. Morris · December 12, 1882Patent drawing of a mechanical reed organ showing a vertical cross-section with bellows, reed-board, and paper-feed rollers, plus plan views of the perforated raceway and reed cells.MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.Oliver H. Arno · December 26, 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, 1887