CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CALLED THE GERMAN FLUTE
Year: 1807

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, TEBALDO
MONZANI, of Old Bond Street, in the County of Middlesex, and of Cheapside,
in the City of London, Music Seller, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Nineteenth day of
October, in the forty-seventh year of His reign, give and grant unto me, the
said Tebaldo Monzani, my exors, admors, and assigns, His especial licence, full
power, sole priviledge and authority, that I, the said Tebaldo Monzani, my
exors, admors, and assigns, during the term of years therein mentioned, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
ON THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CALLED THE GERMAN FLUTE;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Tebaldo Monzani,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to cause a particular
description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within one calendar month after the date of the said recited Letters Patent,
as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Tebaldo Monzani, do hereby declare that my said Invention of Certain
Improvements on the Musical Instrument called the German Flute is
described in and by the Drawings hereunto annexed, and the following
description thereof, that is to say:--

page_text: Fig. 1 represents a German flute with the concert ring N 5 affixed to
the second or middle joint; vide A. Fig. 2 represents a German flute with
flat ring N 4 affixed to the second or middle joint; vide B. Fig. 3 repre-
sents a German flute without either of the above-mentioned rings, and is then
at its sharpest pitch. Fig. 4 represents a German flute with the several pieces
detached. Fig. 5 represents the second or middle joint of a German flute,
with the rings Nos. 4 and 5, and also a cap at each end to preserve the tubes.
Fig. 6 represents the third or F-joint of a German flute, with a cap at the
lower end to preserve the tube. Fig. 7 represents the inside of a German
flute, with the pieces detached. A, the concert ring or N 5, affixed to the
flute; a, the above, detached from the flute. B, the rings which fasten the
tubes to the several joints of the flute, and prevents them from splitting.
C, the flat ring or N 4, affixed to the flute; c, the above detached from the
flute. D, small tubes, which are fixed to the several joints of the flute, and
are received in similar ones in the inside of the different joints at E, which is
more fully explained by E, in Fig. 7. E, the tubes, which receive the
tubes D. F, the cap, to preserve the tube of the upper end of the second or
middle joint, and to keep the ring N 4 when not wanted. f, the top of the
cap detached. G, that part of the cap which receives the flat ring, N 4,
when not used. H, the cap, affixed to the lower end of the second or middle
joint to preserve the tube D; h, the above cap detached. I, the cap, affixed
to the lower end of the third or F-joint, to preserve the tube D; i, the above
cap detached. K, the flat part or inside of the key. k, the screw or worm
fixed in the middle of the key which receives the nut or button L. L, the
button or nut which screws on the worm k, and serves to fasten the leather on
the key and stop the hole. M, the key, with the leather affixed on by means
of the above button or nut L.
The several above-mentioned improvements may be applied to all and every
kind of flutes whatsoever, whether made of wood, ivory, or metal, or any other
fit material. The tubes, the rings or rims attached to them, and the keys,
may be made of any kind of metal whatever, or of ivory, or other fit material.
The rings called Nos. 4 and 5 may be made of wood, ivory, metal, or any
other fit material. The caps which preserve the several tubes may also be
made of wood, ivory, metal, or any other fit material.
In witness whereof, I, the said Tebaldo Monzani, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seven.
TEBALDO MONZANI. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Sixteenth day of November, in
the year of our Lord 1807, the aforesaid Tebaldo Monzani came before our
said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowleged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the
tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Seventeenth day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seven.

page_text: LONDON:
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PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY:
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page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, TEBALDO
MONZANI, of Old Bond Street, in the County of Middlesex, and of Cheapside,
in the City of London, Music Seller, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, did, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Nineteenth day of
October, in the forty-seventh year of His reign, give and grant unto me, the
said Tebaldo Monzani, my exors, aduiors, and assigns, His especial licence, full
power, sole priviledge and authority, that I, the said Tebaldo Monzani, my
exors, aduiors, and assigns, during the term of years therein mentioned, should.
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and
the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
ON THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CALLED THE GERMAN FLUTE;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said Tebaldo Monzani,
by an instrument in writing under my haud and seal, to cause a particular
description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery
within one calendar month after the date of the said recited Letters Patent,
as in and by the same, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at
arge appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Tebaldo Monzani, do hereby declare that my said Invention of Certain
Improvements on the Musical Instrument called the German Flute is
described in and by the Drawings hereunto annexed, and the following
lescription thereof, that is to say :--
RITISH

page_text: Fig. 1 represents a German flute with the concert ring N 5 affixed to
the second or middle joint; vide A. Fig. 2. represents a German flute with
flat ring N 4 affixed to the second or middle joint; vide B. Fig. 3 repre-
sents a German flute without either of the above-mentioned rings, and is then
at its sharpest pitch. Fig. 4 represents a German flute with the several pieces
detached. Fig. 5 represents the second or middle joint of a German flute,
with the rings Nos. 4 and 5, and also a cap at each end to preserve the tubes.
Fig. 6 represents the third or F-joint of a German flute, with a cap at the
lower end to preserve the tube. Fig. 7 represents the inside of a German
flute, with the pieces detached. A, the concert ring or N 5, affixed to the
flute; a, the above, detached from the flute. B, the rings which fasten the
tubes to the several joints of the flute, and prevents them from splitting.
C, the flat ring or N 4, affixed to the flute; c, the above detached from the
flute. D, small tubes, which are fixed to the several joints of the flute, and
are received in similar ones in the inside of the different joints at E, which is
more fully explained by E, in Fig. 7. E, the tubes, which receive the
tubes D. F, the cap, to preserve the tube of the upper end of the second or
middle joint, and to keep the ring N 4 when not wanted. f, the top of the
cap detached. G, that part of the cap which receives the flat ring, N 4,
when not used. II, the cap, affixed to the lower end of the second or middle
joint to preserve the tube D; h, the above cap detached. I, the cap, affixed
to the lower end of the third or F-joint, to preserve the tube D; i, the above
cap detached.
K, the flat part or inside of the key. k, the screw or worm
fixed in the middle of the key which receives the nut or button L. L, the
button or nut which screws on the worm k, and serves to fasten the leather on
the key and stop the hole. M, the key, with the leather affixed on by means
of the above button or nut L.
.
The several above-mentioned improvements may be applied to all and every
kind of flutes whatsoever, whether made of wood, ivory, or metal, or any other
fit material. The tubes, the rings or rims attached to them, and the keys,
may be made of any kind of metal whatever, or of ivory, or other fit material.
The rings called Nos. 4 and 5 may be made of wood, ivory, metal, or any
other fit material. The caps which preserve the several tubes may also be
made of wood, ivory, metal, or any other fit material.
In witness whereof, I, the said Tebaldo Monzani, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seven.
TEBALDO MONZANI. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Sixteenth day of November, in
the year of our Lord 1807, the aforesaid Tebaldo Monzani came before our
said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowleged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the
tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Seventeenth day of November. in the year of our Lord One