Improvements in Pegs for Violins and similar Stringed Instruments.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 26th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 8th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pegs for Violins and similar Stringed
Instruments.
JAMES MOSLEY Painter &c. 93 Brackley Street Farnworth near Manchester
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
:-
1. Prevention in slipping of the pegs by reducing the bearing part in the pegs for
the string space.
2. In being able to get half notes with the same amount of turning that the get
full notes in the old or ordinary pegs.
3. Dispenses with all loose strings usual in the peg box.
4. Being able to lock the strings to the pegs which prevents the strings from
slipping and brings each string opposite to its place on the nut from the pegs
without crossing the other strings in the box.
5. Adjusting the strings to the pegs before placing them in the peg box or peg
holes by this method the strings can be attached in much less time.
The invention consists in an improved type of violin peg of wood or other
substance which may be chosen, and the invention will also apply to similar purposes
in other stringed instruments.
In constructing this peg I do not necessarily adhere to the old pattern of violin
peg but may vary the design of nut or barrel therein.
In my invention as shown in Figs. 1 & 2 in accompanying drawings it will be
seen that I reduce the diameter of the peg E where the string is held at A and thus
gain considerably in leverage which prevents slipping of the pegs. From this part
of the peg I bore a small hole B laterally and diagonally from the circumference at
or near the middle of the peg through to the center at the end thereof and either
below or above this I drill another hole C transversely through the peg, through
these holes the string D is passed and thus carried clear of the head of the violin or
such other stringed instrument to which this my invention may be applied.
To make this description still clearer I will describe the mode of fixing the
strings to the peg.
In the case of a violin the string whould be carried over the bridge to the head of
the violin it whould then be passed through B at A next through C and under the
loop made between the holes B & C that is where the string leaves the former and
enters the latter. This being done and the peg turned round the string will at once
lock itself quite fast.
June 18/09
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pegs for Violins and similar Stringed
Instruments.
JAMES MOSLEY 934 Brackley Street Farnworth in the County of Lancaster
Painter 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 :-
The invention consists in an improved type of violin peg of wood or other
substance which may be chosen, and the invention will also apply to similar
purposes in other stringed instruments.

page_text: In constructing this peg I do not necessarily adhere to the pattern of violin peg
but may vary the design of nut or barrel therein.
In my invention as shown in Fig. 1 & 2 in the drawings left with the Provisional
Specification it will be seen that I reduce the diameter of the peg E where the
string is held at A and thus gain considerably in leverage which prevents slipping
of the peg
From this part of the peg I bore a small hole B laterally and
diagonally from the cercumferance at or near the middle of the peg through to the
centre at the end thereof, and either below or above this I drill another hole C
transversely through the peg. Through these holes the string D is passed and thus
carried clear of the head of the violin or such other stringed instrument to which
this my invention may be applied. It shall be understood that these holes may be
used at either or both ends of the peg, as desired.
To make this description still clearer I will describe the mode of fixing the string
to the peg.
In the case of a violin the string whould be carried over the bridge to the head of
the violin, it whould then be passed through hole B at A next through C and under
the loop made between the holes B & C that is where the string leaves the former
and enters the latter. This being done and the peg turned round the string will at
once lock itself quite fast.
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
1. The reduction of the diameter of the string space of the peg.
2. The perforation of the peg by one or more holes at either or both ends thereof
through one of which holes the string may be passed to the outside of the head of
the instrument and thence through the remaining hole to be secured as shown.
Dated this 25th day of January 1893.
JAMES MOSLEY.