A Device for Holding Music or other Books, to be Affixed to Musical Instruments, such as Guitars, Construoted with Sounding Holes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 2nd Dec. 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Device for Holding Music or other Books, to be Affixed to
Musical Instruments, such as Guitars, Construoted with Sounding
Holes.
I, PETER BENSON, of 610 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota U.S.A.
Manufacturer and Dealer in Musical Instruments, do heroby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows :-
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This invention has reference to a clamping device for holding or carrying music
or other books to be affixed to musical instruments anch as guitars constructed with
sounding holes. The device is constructed of suitable material such as iron in two
parts one of which is adjustable in relation to the other. One of the parts is at
one end formed as a hook to be introduced into one of the sounding holes of the
instrument, while the other part is adapted to rost against the outside of the
instrument. Suitable means such as a screw and nut or a sufficiently strong spring
being provided to cause them to move towards each other after being thus applied,
in order that they may be fixed steadily to the instrument.
From the said clamping device projects a support for holding or carrying the
music or other book. This support can be of any suitable construction but it must
be of such a form that a book carried thereby will be out of the way of the hand
of a performer while playing the instrument.
Dated this 30th day of January 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Device for Holding Music or other Books, to be 'Affixed to
Musical Instruments, such as Guitars, Constructed with Sounding
Holes.
I, PETER BENSON, of 510 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota U.S.A.
Manufacturer and Dealer in Musical Instruments, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention has reference to a clamping device for holding or carrying music
or other books to be affixed to musical instruments such as guitars constructed with
sounding holes. The device is constructed of suitable material such as iron in two
parts one of which is adjustable in relation to the other. One of the parts is at one
end formed as a book to be introduced into one of the sounding holes of the instru
ment, while the other part is adapted to rest against the outside of the instrument,
suitable means such as a screw and nut or a sufficiently strong spring being provided
to cause them to move towards each other after being thus applied, in order that
they may be fixed steadily to the instrument.
From the said clamping device projects a support for holding or carrying the
music or other book. This support can be of any suitablo construction but it must
be of such a form that a book carried thereby will be out of the way of the hand of
a performer while playing the instrument.
The annexed drawings represent a device, according to my invention,
Fig. 1 being a side view, Fig. 2 a front view and Fig. 3 a plan view of the

page_text: a and are the two main parts forming the device a being a socket, and b a part
sliding therein. One end of the part is formed or provided with a hook c, and the other
end is provided with a threaded hole. d is a screw fitting in this hole and provided
with a milled head e, that bears against the end of the socket a. is a projection
on the socket a arranged to rest against the outside of the instrument and g is a rod
extending from the socket for carrying a support or the like (indicated in dotted
lines in Figs. 1 and 2) for the book. and i are lining pieces of india rubber or
other suitable material to prevent the instrument being 'damaged. Fig. 3 shows
how the device is affixed to a guitar.
It is obvious that instead of forming the part b as a nut for the screw d, as shown
by way of example, the part 6 may be formed as a screw and the head e as a nut for
the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
A device for holding music or other books to be affixed to musical instruments
such as guitars constructed with sounding holes, substantially as described.
Dated this 27th day of October 1893.
PETER BENSON,
By L. W., per F. B.