Improvements in or applicable to American Organs.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 24th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 24th Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to American Organs.
I, CHARLES HENRY WAGENER, of 62, Tabernacle Street, in the County of
London; Organ Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
.
My invention relates to American or reed organs.
In American organs provided with a sub-bass stop as hitherto constructed it has
been impossible to use such stop in conjunction with other stops without interfering
with other reeds.
Now my invention has for object to remedy this objection by providing a series
of sub-bass reeds so arranged as to be entirely independent of the other reeds and
which are adapted to be played by means of independent keys placed in front of the
ordinary key board so that any of such keys can be operated in connection with or
independently of other reeds.
It will be obvious that similar series of reeds in connection with other stops can
in a like manner be applied to the organ.
Dated this 95th day of March 1802
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, Loudon, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to American Organs.
I, CHARLES HENRY WAGENER, of 62, Tabernacle Street, in the County of
London, Organ Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manuer the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to American or reed organs.
In American organs provided with a sub-bass stop as hitherto constructed it has
been impossible to use such stop in conjunction with other stops without sounding
the reeds of the latter.
Now my invention has for object to remedy this objection by providing a series
of sub-bass reeds so arranged as to be entirely independent of the other reeds and
which are adapted to be sounded by means of independent keys placed in front of
the ordinary key-board so that any of such keys can be operated in connection with
or independently of the keys of the other reeds.
It will be obvious that similar series of reeds in connection with other stops can
in a like manner be applied to the organ.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can be
carried into effect by reference to the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a front elevation of part of an American or reed organ with my
improvements applied thereto :
Figure 2 is a plan; and,
Figure 3 is a transverse section of the same.
Similar letters in all the figures indicate similar parts.
a is the ordinary key-board of the organ the keys of which are adapted to admit
wind from the wind chest to the reeds in the usual manner.

page_text: b, bare the reeds of the sub-bass or other stop which I arrange so as to be
entirely independent of the usual reeds, and c, c are the independent keys for sounding
the reeds b, b, the said keys being placed in front of the ordinary key-board a as
shewn so that any of the keys c can be operated in connection with or independently
of the keys of the other reeds.
My independent keys c are each advantageously hinged to a frame d by means
of a bead or projection e thereon working in a corresponding groove in the said
frame, the bead being prevented from rising out of the groove by an angular
plate, screwed to the frame d.
My independent reeds are fitted in chambers y opening into a common
chamber in communication with the wind chest of the other reeds, such
chambers being opened to allow the wind to pass through my independent reeds b
by means of pallets i hinged at ; to the front of the chambers and actuated by
the keys c through, the medium of rods k fixed to the undersides of the said keys
and having their lower ends located in sockets in the pallets i. The pallets are
returned to their closed position when pressure is removed from the keys by
springs m.
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 American or reed organ having a sub-bass or other stop consisting of a
series of reeds independent of the usual reeds and arranged to be sounded by means of
independent keys placed in front of the ordinary key-board so that any of such
keys can be operated in connection with or independently of the keys of the
other reeds, substantially as herein before described.
2. The improvements in or applicable to American or reed organs hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 24th day of January 1894.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.