Improvements in Organ Pedals.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Organ Pedals.
I, WILLIAM DOHERTY, residing at Clinton, in the County of Huron, and Province
of Ontario, Canada, gentleman 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 relation to a pedal attachment for organs and it has for its object
to render the joints of the pedal and adjacent parts, dust-proof, and mouse and
vermin proof, the attachments by their construction and adaptation being practically
parts of the organ, thereby avoiding the objectionable necessity, as heretofore
experienced of removing and replacing shields or guards for the purposes stated.
The invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims
taken in connection with the annexed drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of one pedal of an organ with my improvements
applied.
Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken in the plane indicated by the dotted
lines - on Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken in the plane indicated by the dotted lines y—y
on Fig. 2 showing parts of both pedals.
Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of one pedal and attachment with parts broken
away and
Fig. 5 is a view of the recessed strip removed.
Referring by letter to the said drawings, A indicates the pedal, which may be of
the pattern usually employed and attached to the operating parts in the usual
manner.
B indicates a transverse strip which is rabbeted as shown and placed so as to
form a tight joint with the nosing at the lower transverse edge of the pedal.
C indicates raised panels which are glued or otherwise securely fastened to pedal-
brackets D and the center brackets E forming with the same a rabbet for the purpose
of covering the edge of the pedal A.
The front wall of the organ-case is cut away as shown at K to admit of the working
of the pedals and the pedals are usually provided with a covering of carpet as shown
at H.
Lindicates a strip arranged on the inner side of the front wall of the organ-case in
a transverse position.
This strip L is cut out for the greater portion of its length in its forward side as
better shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings and depends from the front wall of the organ
so as to normally engage the upper side of the pedals and serves in conjunction with
the toe-strip to form a close joint at that point and prevent the ingress of mice,
vermin, dust or the like.
The toe-strip or pieco M is securely fastened to the upper end of the pedals A
either on top of the usual carpet covering or directly upon the pedals themselves.
N indicates a molded nosing which is secured to the lower edge of the pedals A and
together with the rabboted piece B forms a close joint so as to prevent the ingress of
vermin, mice or dust.
0 indicates a pedal board to which the pedal is connected by the hinge-joint P.
By the construction illustrated it will be seen that I have an effective means for
excluding from the organ, mice, vermin, dust and the like.
The improvements are neat in appearance, are not liable to get out of order and
may he manufactured and applied to any organ at a trifling expense.
It will also be seen that by scouring out or recessing the strip L the operator may
be allowed more room for the toe of his boot and thereby give him more purchase in
moving the pedals.

page_text: 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. An organ having its pedals provided at opposite ends with guards to exclude
. mice, vermin, and dust, and also having a center bracket and the pedal-brackets
provided with a raised panel to exclude mice and dirt from the sides of the panel,
substantially as specified.
2. The combination with the raised panel, of a pedal, the center bracket, and the
pedal brackets substantially as specified.
3. The combination, with an organ, of the toe-piece secured to the upper end of
the pedal and the recessed strip secured on the inner side of the front wall of the
organ, substantially as specified.
4. The combination with the pedal-board of the rabbeted strip at the forward edge
thereof, the raised panel C, the toe-piece M secured to the upper end of the pedal
and the nosing N secured to the lower end of the pedal, the recessed strip L
secured to the inner side of the front wall of the organ-case, the pedals, the brackets D
and the center-bracket E, substantially as specified.
Dated this 20th day of December 1900.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.