An Improved Wind Musical Instrument.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Wind Musical Instrument.
I, ERNEST EDWARD STARCK, of 34 Ampthill Square London, N.W., Musical
Instrument Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The musical hammer is a combination of two instruments, The handle is a perfect
Flageolet; the head of hammer is a voice flute contains a skin inside; when sung
through the vibration on skin produces a powerful voice. Head and handle can each
be played seperately when taken apart; by fixing head on handle the flageolet can be
played with voice flute accompaniment.
Dated this 9th day of December 1806
ERNEST EDWARD STARCK,
34, Ampthill Square, N.W.
I, ERNEST EDWARD STARCK of 34 Ampthill Square, London N.W. Musical
Instrument Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to an improved wind musical instrument constructed in two
parts adapted to be played together or separately the whole when fixed together being
designed to represent and be used as a chairmans hammer at Harmonic and other
convivial gatherings.
In order that my invention and the manner of its uses may be fully understood
reference is hereinafter made to the accompanying sheet of drawings of which,
Fig. 1 is a front view of the entire instrument, while Fig. 2 is a view of the handle
or key tube when removed from the head.
Fig. 3 is a top view of the said head illustrating how one of its ends Fig. 4 is
removable for purposes hereinafter explained.
Fig. 5 is an end view of that end of the said head from which the said end Fig. 4
has been removed.
Fig. 6 is a view of Fig. 4 as this would appear when seen from left to right.
I carry my invention into effect by turning or otherwise producing of wood,
vulcanite, xylonite, pegamoid or other suitable material. A head A, fashioned to
represent, and which may conveniently be about the same size as that of a Chairmans
hammer, one end of which a is removable as shewn by Figs. 3 and 4, the remainder
of A being bored internally (as shewn by dotted lines in Fig. 1) up to the opposite
end b, and into the bore c thus formed (Fig. 5) the flange d of the end a tightly fits.

page_text: The head A has at the top centrally of its length, a bore or aperture e, (Fig. 3)
communicating with the bore c, and facing the aperture e a second hole or bore is
provided in the under portion of A, also communicating with the bore c, and into
this fits tightly the upper end of a hollow handle or tube B, the upper end of which
is plugged at f and has a wind passage g facing the sloping surface of an aperture h
formed in B, after the manner of, and for the same purposes as, the mouth end of a
clarionet or flageolet, suitable apertures or keys being also formed in B which
provides, that when detached from A, as at Fig. 3, the said portion B forms, and may
be used for imparting musical notes and semi-tones to the full extent of two octaves
in the same manner as, and producing tones similar to that of a flageolet.
The portion d of the end a is also bored as shewn by dotted lines in Fig. 4, and a
dotted circle in Fig. 6, the said portion a having three or more holes all
communicating with the said bore in d, and the open end of d I cover with a
diaphragm of thin skin, rubber, or gold beaters. skin, as shewn by m in Fig. 6, and
when a is connected to A as shewn in Fig. 1, the said head may then be used alone
as a voice Aute, that is to say, if the lower hole in A be partly blocked by a finger,
and the mouth be placed covering the hole e, a singing or humming sound entering e
would set up sound vibrations in the diaphragm m, and very pleasing voice like
sounds, in perfect harmony with the said singing, would exude through the
holes k.
If the portion B be placed in A as at Fig. 1, the operator by blowing into the hole e
in A may use the whole as a flageolet, and if the operator also sings or hums at the
same time, a pleasing accompanyment to the said flageolet may be imparted by the
said vibration of the diaphragm m. As previously stated the whole (as at Fig. 1)
may be used as a chairmans hammer.
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 I
claim is :-
1st. The herein described musical instrument formed in two parts A and B, each
of the said parts being in itself a musical instrument, and adapted to collectively
form a musical instrument and a Chairmans hammer, substantially as herein set forth
and shewn by the drawings.
2nd. The herein described musical instrument in which the head A has an internal
bore c and a through passage at right angles to, and communicating with the said
bore, one end a of the said head being also hollow and having holes such as k, and a
thin diaphragm m, substantially as and for the purposes stated and shewn by the
accompanying drawing.
3rd. The herein described musical instrument in which the handle B has one end
blocked as at f and provided with wind passage g, and sound aperture h, with six or
more holes or keys such as j, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth and
shewn by the appended drawings.
Dated this 8th day of September 1807
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1 Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.