IMPROVEMENTS IN CONCERTINAS AND SIMILAR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
{ I WILLIAM CATLEWGH JONES of 26 Duke Street in the City and County of
Chester, Fellmonger do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN CONCERTINAS AND SIMILAR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS to be as
follows, that is to say :-
This invention relates to improvements in instruments of the concertina type
whereby the bellows are automatically expanded by means of a spring which is
placed inside of the same.
In one arrangement specially designed for giving the key note I employ a small
concertina bellows upon the top board of which keys and notes are arranged
representing all the semitones in one complete octave.
The bottom board of the bellows is quite plain and is merely the base of the
instrument.
If the hand be placed on the bellows compressing the same and at the same time
one of the keys is pressed down any required note in the octave may be sounded
and the bellows will as soon as the pressure is released spring back to their
original form, the instrument thus being at all times ready for immediate use.
The action on the keys may be produced by the up or down motion of the
bellows.
The spring may be made of any substance and may compose the body of the
instrument thus india rubber could be used the specific claim being the arrange-
ment for automatically opening the bellows.

page_text: I
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM CATLEWGE JONES of 20 Duke Street in the city and County of
Chester, Fellmonger do heroby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE CONCERTINA TYPE and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an instrument of the concertina type designed and
intended for playing upon, and also for pitching any particular tone, instead of
the tuning fork or pitchpipe ordinarily used.
In carrying out my invention I employ a bellows B to one end of which is
attached a plain piece of wood W and to the other end the key board K in which
aro fitted the different notes as shown in plan.
Inside the bellows and between the top and bottom thereof is fitted a spring S
which may be made of steel, india rubber or any other suitable material, which
spring constantly keeps tho bellows inflated.
Or the body of the bellows itself may be of india rubber or other elastic
material in any form so as to retain its expanded and inflated condition ready for
instant use.
When it is desired to sound any particular note it is only necessary to open the
key by the finger or otherwise and at the same time apply a little pressure to
the bellows.
When the hand is removed the elasticity or spring will automatically cause the
bellows to expand.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my sid
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim, is
The employment of springs in instruments of the concertina type, for causing
the bellows to open automatically, after it has been compressed by the hand of
the operator.
°
Dated this 15th day of Tune 1005.