Music and Table Desk.ROVED PORTABLE ADJUSTABLE AND ATTACHABLE PIANOFORTE MUSIC & TABLE DESK
Year: 1885

page_text: Music and Table Desk.
I, JOHN. HENRY ABBOTT of 2 Brill Street St Pancras in the County of
Middlesex Pianoforte and Music Desk Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature
of my invention for AN IMPROVED PORTABLE ADJUSTABLE AND ATTACHABLE
PIANOFORTE MUSIC & TABLE DESK to be as follows:-
Manufactured in wood or other material in various designs, lyre shape & fret
cut, it hangs on the front of the panel top door, or fret in any part treble bass or
centre, or either end of the upright piano. The rest for the music sheet or book
can be elevated or lowered to suit the sight of the player & can be used with or
without the ordinary piano fixed desk. It can also be arranged as a table desk
for reading or for bound or sheet music & is essentially adapted for vocalists and
other instrumental accompanists.

page_text: Music and Table Desk,
I, JOHN HENRY ABBOTT of 2 Brill street St Pancras in the County of Middlesex,
Pianoforte and Music Desk Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The desk is made in the shape of a lyre lozenge or shaped panel or other design
suitable to the class of Piano for which it may be required.
Fig. 3 A centre piece from 12 to 16 inches high & from 3 to 4 inches in width
fitted with spring hook A A in brass or other metal at the top hanging and
attaching to the upper edge of the piano front and shifting from side to side
middle or ends as may be required The side portions Fig. 2 working up & down
with the book rest Fig. 1 which is connected with them by hinges and when rising
or falling a metal pin fastens it at certain heights by dropping in any one of a
series of holes in a metal plate at the lower end of the centre piece A. block hinged
or centred at the back of the middle piece Fig. 4 drops down as a rest against the
upright part of the piano at. either end or front thus placing the desk at a
convenient angle. When used for a table desk a horse turns out Fig. 5 with rail
to fix with pin in rack which places it at an angle also suitable for the performers
book or sheet music when on the table or any flat surface, (top of small piano &c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
"my claim is:—
1st That being the inventor of the improved portable adjustable and attachable
pianoforte music and table desk, and to have the entire and only right to manu-
facture or cause the same to be manufactured and sold the above described principle
of sliding shifting and afixing the same to piano or table with the spring hook
screw, or other convenient appliance according to the shape, height or design of the
piano for which it may be required.
2nd The principle of sliding up and down and shifting to the right or left or to
the top or end of the piano, I claim to belong entirely to my invention.
3rd Also that the above principle of movement portability &c. may by me be
applied and manufactured in any material, suitable or required for the purpose
intended as above, in wood metal or other substance for the profession (musical)
trade or private use.
DJS 1000