An Improved Musical Toy.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 5th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 19th Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Musical Toy.
We, CHARLES THOMAS HOLLOWAY, and WILLIAM HOLLOWAY, trading together as
C. T. & W. Holloway, of Junction Works, Lower Fazeley Street, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, Manufacturing Confectioners, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to an improved musical toy which consists of a whistle
or other sounding body of suitable form as hereinafter described attached to one end
of a piece of string, wire, or the like so that when the other end of the string, wire, or
the like is held in the hand and the whistle or other sounding body whirled around, a
whistling or other musical sound or sounds will be emitted therefrom. The said
whistle or sounding body is preferably of a hollow spherical form provided with a
central diaphragm or partition inside dividing it into two chambers. Each chamber
communicates with the exterior by a narrow slit or hole these slits or holes being
preferably of different sizes so as to give two different notes. The string or wire is
preferably so attached to the whistle or sounding body that the diaphragmn and the
slits or openings will be vertical when the body is suspended by the string or wire.
When the whistle or sounding body is whirled round as above described the air
rushing across the said slits or openings causes a whistling noise.
The said whistle or sounding body above described can either be made of wood,
metal, sugar, plaster, or other substance or substances, and when made of metal the
form above described is readily constructed by making it as two hollow hemispheres
each having one of the said narrow slits, the edges of the hemispheres being connected
together by being closed around the diaphragm and round each other.
Dated this 19th day of August 1889.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Musical Toy.
We, CHARLES THOMAS HOLLOWAY, and WILLIAM HOLLOWAY, trading together as
C. T. & W. Holloway, of Junction Works, Lower Fazeley Street, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, Manufacturing Confectioners, 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 :-
This invention has reference to an improved musical toy which consists of a whistle
or other sounding body of suitable form as hereinafter described attached to one end
of a piece of string, wire, or the like so that when the other end of the string, wire, or
the like is held in the hand and the whistle or other sounding body whirled around, a
whistling or other musical sound or sounds will be emitted therefrom. The said
whistle or sounding body is preferably of a hollow spherical form provided with a
central diaphragm or partition inside dividing it into two chambers. Each chamber
communicates with the exterior by a narrow slit or hole these slits or holes being
preferably of different sizes so as to give two different notes. The string or wire is
preferably so attached to the whistle or sounding body that the diaphragm and the
slits or openings will be vertical when the body is suspended by the string or wire.
When the whistle or sounding body is whirled round as above described the air
rushing across the said slits or openings causes a whistling noise.
The said whistle or sounding body above described can either be made of wood,

page_text: metal, sugar, plaster or other substance or substances, and when made of metal the
form above described is readily constructed by making it as two hollow hemispheres
each having one of the said narrow slits, the edges of the hemispheres being connected
together by being closed around the diaphragm and round each other.
On the accompanying drawings Fig. I represents one form of the said musical toy
made of metal; Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a back view; Fig. 4
is a cross section of the same to shew the diaphragmn, and Fig. 5 shews the parts of
the same separately; Fig. 6 shews in cross section a similar form of our invention
made of sugar or plaster, and Fig. 7 is an elevation of the same; Fig. 8 shews how
the said musical toy is used; Fig. 9 illustrates in cross section and elevation a
modification of our invention made of metal; and Fig. 10 represents similar views of
the said modification when made of sugar or plaster; Figs. 11 and 12 represent
further modifications of this invention.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the
drawings.
Referring firstly more particularly to Figs. 1 to 11 both inclusive, A is the whistle
or sounding body and B is the string (or instead of a string a wire may be used) to
one end of which the body A is attached. It will be seen that the said whistle or
sounding body is in this case of a hollow spherical form divided into two chambers by
the central diaphragm or partition c. The body has a narrow hole or slit d¹ at one
side of the diaphragm and a similar hole or slit d2 at the other side of the diaphragm
these holes or slits being preferably of different sizes so that when used as hereinafter
described two different notes will be emitted. When the whistle or sounding body A
is suspended by the string B, the diaphragm c and the slits or openings d¹ d' are
preferably vertical, as we find this arrangement gives the loudest sound. When the
string or wire B is held in the hand and the whistle or sounding body A whirled
around, as indicated by Fig. 8, a whistling or other musical sound will be emitted
from the body A caused by the air rushing across the slits or openings d' d²; and as
the body A turns axially upon the string or wire B one of the slits will give a louder
sound than the other, as it happens to present a better surface to the air, thus making
a noise similar to a singing bird. We have found that by employing the diaphragm c
and the two narrow slits di d' as above described and illustrated by Figs. 1 to 7 both
inclusive, the best results are to be obtained but we do not limit ourselves to this
construction as the diaphragm or partition may be omitted and only one slit or hole d¹
used as in the examples illustrated by Figs. 9 and 10.
The example illustrated by Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings is
made from sheet metal and is conveniently constructed by making it of two hollow
hemispheres a a² and making the diaphragm c also of thin sheet metal with a
projecting eye c¹ at its periphery for the attachment of the string or wire; the
hemispheres and the diaphragm are then connected together by the edge of the
hemisphere a² being closed around the hemisphere a¹ and round the projecting edge
of the diaphragm c in a manner similar to that employed in making the well known
spherical metal bells.
When the whistle or sounding body A is made of sugar plaster or wood it is also
conveniently constructed by making it in the form of two hemispheres and a separate
diaphragm or partition which are cemented or otherwise fixed together.
We sometimes provide a slit or slits in the diaphragm (see Fig. 11) each of
which is covered by a thin vibrating metal tongue e fixed at one end which will be
caused to vibrate or sound by the air rushing through the slit or slits as commonly
used in other musical wind toys; and these vibrating tongues can also be used in
combination with the outside slits d' as in the flat cylindrical form illustrated by
Fig. 12.
It will be evident that instead of the whistle or sounding body A being of a
spherical form as illustrated by Figs. 1 to 11 it might be spheroidal or in the form of
a hollow cylinder closed at the ends (as shewn for instance by Fig. 12) or a
hollow cube or other body as will be readily understood; and it will be evident

page_text: that two or more of the said whistles or sounding bodies can be whirled round in the
hand at the same time and either attached to separate strings or wires or to the same
string or wire so as to make an increased sound.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. A musical toy consisting of a whistle or sounding body constructed in either of
the several ways substantially as herein before set forth and attached to a string or
wire in such a manner as to emit a whistling or other musical sound or sounds when
whirled around, substantially as herein before described.
2. A musical toy consisting of one or more whistles or sounding bodies constructed
in either of the several ways substantially as herein before set forth and attached
to one or more strings or wires in such a manner as to emit a whistling or
other musical sound or sounds when whirled around, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
3. A whistle or sounding body of a hollow spherical or other form as hereinbefore
set forth provided with an internal diaphragm or partition and a slit or opening at
each side thereof and adapted for fixing to a string or wire for use in the manner and
for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
4. A whistle or sounding body of a hollow spherical or other form as hereinbefore
set forth provided with a slit or opening and fixed to a string or wire for use in the
manner and for the purpose herein before set forth.
5. The combination of the two hollow hemispheres or hemispheroids a¹ a², provided
with the slits or openings d¹ d², and the diaphragm or partition c fixed together
substantially as described so as to form a whistle or sounding body for attachment to
a string or wire for use in the manner and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1889.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.