Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 4th June, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1888
I JOSEPH MARK DRAPER of 82 Lower Audley Street Blackburn in the County of
Lancashire Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My Invention relates to certain improvements in that class of instruments known as
mechanical reed instruments or organettes wherein the tunes are set out or indicated
by a perforated sheet or roll of paper or other material.
My Invention consists of a reed box containing a double set of reeds of different
tone each of which sets of reeds can by means of the opening and closing of shutters
covering the outlets of the reed box be played at will either alone or with the other
set and by means of the partial closing of which shutters the volume of sound emitted
from the reed box can be regulated and controlled at will-I prefer to use stops to
close or partially close the shutters-My invention also consists in an arrangement by
which bells, gongs, cymbals, drums or similar musical instruments can be added to the
organette and sounded at will in conjunction with the sounds emitted from the reeds
or otherwise.
At present I prefer to make the reed box of wood partitioned off in the interior into
two parts into each of which parts I insert one set of reeds, the one set of reeds
differing in tone from the other and each reed being partitioned off from the other-
At the bottom of the reed box and in the wall of the partition, I drill air holes each of
which air holes communicates with one reed of each of the sets of reeds-At the top
of the reed box I attach by hinges affixed to the partition wall two shutters or covers
opening outwards-one shutter covering one half of the inlet to the reed box and the
other covering the other half of the same each shutter working independently of the
other. I place a spring of copper wire or other suitable material at the back of each
of these shutters so that when the shutters are not pressed down they shall always
remain open. I then attach the reed box to the pressure bar on pivots.
I prefer at present to use three stops for the purpose of operating on the shutters of
the reed box and for the purpose of distinctiveness I call these stops respectively the
expression, vox, humana, and flute stops-I make the stops of wood or other suitable
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page_text: material the top of the stops being in the shape of a round button or in other suitable
shape and to the underneath side of two of the stops viz.:-the stops I call the vox
humana and flute stops is affixed a neck consisting of a hollow tubular piece of wood
or other suitable material into the hollow of which a coil spring of wire or other
suitable material is inserted so as to project slightly beyond the end of the tubular
piece of wood. To the underneath side of the other stop is affixed a neck which I now
prefer to make of a round piece of solid wood to the end of which I screw or rivet on
à bar of sheet brass or other suitable material bent in the centre to the same shape as
the top of the reed box and with a pin riveted on to one end of the bar of sheet brass
or other suitable material which pin working in a hole in the pressure bar keeps the
piece of sheet brass or other material in its proper position across the top of the reed
box I then drill three holes through the top of the pressure bar through each of
which holes I insert one of the stops so that the same shall rest lightly on the shutters
to the reed box when opened-I place the vox humana stop over the shutter covering
one set of reeds in such position that when the stop is pressed down the shutter closes
the outlet from such set of reeds and prevents the same from emitting sound and I
place the flute stop over the shutter covering the other set of reeds in such position
that when such stop is pressed down the other shutter closes the outlet from such other
set of reeds and prevents the same from emitting sound-I place the expression stop
over the centre of the reed box in such position that when the stop is pressed down
both the shutters are partially closed by the pressure of the brass bar upon both
shutters thus controlling or lessening the sound emitted from both sets of reeds-By
partial pressure of either the vox humana or flute stops I control the volume of sound
emitted by either set of reeds.
I can add one or more further sets of reeds with a stop for each further set of reeds
in a similar manner to that set out above and by increasing the number of partitions
and shutters to the reed box.
By means of a ratchet or cogwheel attached to the shaft for actuating the bellows of
the organette a bell gong cymbals drum or similar musical instrument attached to the
organette or otherwise can be made at will to sound in conjunction with the sounds
emitted from the reeds. This effect I produce by a stop which I prefer to call the drum
stop so placed that by pressure the ratchet or cogwheel will cause the hammer drum-
stick or other suitable piece of mechanism operating on the bell gong cymbal drum or
similar musical instrument to strike the same and by removal of the pressure the
ratchet or cogwheel will be thrown out of gear causing thereby the bammer drumstick
or other suitable piece of mechanism to cease to strike.
Dated this 19th day of September 1887.

page_text: I JOSEPH MARK Draper of 82 Lower Audley Street Blackburn in the County of
Lancaster Manufacturer, 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:—
My invention relates to certain improvements in that class of Musical instruments
known as Mechanical or Automatic reed instruments or organettes wherein the tunes
are set out or indicated by a perforated sheet or roll of paper or other material.
My improvement consists of a moveable reed box containing two or more sets of
reeds if required each set of reeds being of different tone from the other each of which
sets of reeds can by means of shutters covering the inlets of the reed box be played at
will either alone or with the other sets and by means of the partial closing of which
shutters the volume of sound emitted from the reeds can be regulated and controlled
at will:
The said reed box is used in such organeties in conjunction with an ordinary wind
chest in figures 2 and 4 in the drawings hereunto annexed-marked J. containing
bellows the top of such wind chest being made with orifices or openings opposite the
orifices or openings in the bottom of such reed box.
I fix my reed box A. A. over the wind chest J. by means of an ordinary pressure
bar E made of wood or other suitable material the projecting sides of which fit into
projections from the top of the wind chest and are attached thereto by means of a hook
attached to the top of each side of the wind chest which hook clips a screw projecting
from each side of the pressure bar.
In my invention I prefer to make the reed cells in a box A. A made of wood or
other suitable material and from the outside of each of the ends of which box A. A
a pivot of steel or other suitable material projects. Each of these pivots place in a
groove which I make on the inside of each of the projecting sides of the pressure
bar E. When I have placed the pivots in the grooves I prevent them from slipping
out by means of a piece of copper wire K or other suitable material which I ran
through an eyelet which eyelet I fix in the inner side of each of the sides of the
pressure bar E so that the wire comes underneath the pivots I also fix to each of the
inner sides of the projecting sides of the pressure bar E by means of an eyelet a piece
of copper wire F or other suitable material which I bend so that it shall act as a
spring upon the upper side of such pivots and keep them in their places.
I divide the reed box made as mentioned above in the centre by a partition made of
wood or other suitable material of a suitable thickness running lengthways through
the box A. A. I then divide cach half of the box into as many compartiments as
require for the reeds I intend to insert (each reed occupying a separate compartment)
and I then affix a reed H of different tone to each side of the partition and in each
compartment I then drill holes or orifices I in the bottom of the reed box A A and up
through the partition and communicating on either side by a side orifice with each of

page_text: the compartments containing the reeds that is to say each orifice I through the bottom
of the box communicating with one reed H on either side each reed being placed over
one of the side orifices. To the top of the said partition I affix by means of a piece of
leather or other suitable material two shutters B. B. or covers of wood or other suitable
material such piece of leather or other suitable material being glued or otherwise
fastened to the inside of such shutters B. B. in such manner that such leather acts as
a hinge to each of the shutters B. B. I fix the said shutters B. B. to such partition in
such manner that when one of the shutters B. B. is closed the inlet L to one half of
the reed box A. A. is shut off and I make each shutter B. B. to close and open inde-
pendently of the other. I affix one end of a strip of copper wire or other suitable
material to the back of each of the shutters and the other end I fix in the partition so
that such strip of copper wire or other suitable material shall act as a spring to keep
the shutters always open when not pressed down. I then attach the reed box A. A.
to the pressure bar E by means of the pivots mentioned above and in manner men-
tioned above. I can also make the interior of the said reed box A. A. and the said
orifices I and compartments out of one piece of wood or other suitable material and in
such case I drill the compartments and orifices I out of a solid piece of wood or other
suitable material to form a similar reed box A. A. to that mentioned above.
I prefer to use three stops C. C. D. for the purpose of operating upon the
shutters B. B. of the reed box A. A. and these stops for the purpose of distinctiveness
only I call the "expression" 1). "vox humana" and "flute stops" C. respectively
1 make the stops C. C. D. of wood or other suitable material the top of the stops C. ( D.
being in the shape of a round button or any other suitable shape and the body of the
stops C. C. D. being round or of any other suitable shape and two of them namely
the "
vox humana" and "flute "being hollow and in the hollow of each a coil
spring of wire or other suitable material is inserted so as to project slightly beyond
the end of the body of the stops C. C. The body of the other stop I) is also round
or of any other suitable shape but of solid wood or other suitable material and I affix
by means of a screw or rivet or in any other suitable manner to the bottom of it a
bar of sheet brass or other suitable material bent in the centre to the same shape as
the top of the reed box A. A. and with a pin riveted on to one end of the said bar
which pin working in a small hole in the pressure bar E keeps the said brass bar in
its proper position across the top of the reed box A. A. I then drill two holes
through the top of the pressure bar E each of them being immediately over one of
the shutters B. B. and I then insert the "flute " stop U. in the hole over the shutter B
which closes one set of reeds H and the " vox humana stop C, in the hole over the
shutter B. which closes the other set of reeds H in such position that when either of
these stops C. C is pressed down the shutter B. B. upon which such stop C. C. rests is
closed and the inlet L. L. to the set of reeds H which such shutter B closes is shut
off and no air allowed to enter and consequently no sound emitted. I then drill
another hole in the pressure bar E over the partition in the reed box A. A. and
through this hole I insert the "expression" stop D. in such position that when pressed
down both the shutters B. B. are partially closed by the pressure of the said bar of
sheet brass on both shutters B B thus controlling or lessening the sound emitted from
both sets of reeds H H.
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By partial pressure of either the " vox humana or "flute" stops CC the
volume of sound emitted from either set of reeds H H can be controlled I can use
a stop with one set of reeds only in a reed box in a similar manner to that indicated
above or I can add one or more further sets of reeds in the said reed box
with a stop for each further set of reeds in a similar manner to that set out above.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing the same may
be properly understood I will now proceed to describe the same with reference
to the drawings forming part of this Specification and which are hereunto
annexed.
Figure 1. is a perspective view of my improved reed box affixed to an ordinary wind
chest containing bellows.
Figure 2. is a vertical section of mas cuid rood box
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page_text: Figure 3. is a front view of the same.
Figure 4. is an enlarged section of my improved reed box and pressure bar.
In figures 2 and 4. A. A. represents the reed box B. B. the shutters to same.
C C. the stops which I have called the "vox humana" and "flute" stops D. the stop
which I have herein before called the "expression" stop with bar attached for partially
closing shutters B B. in manner mentioned above. E. the pressure bar with sides.
F. the spring for holding reed box on tune band. G. the Spring for pressure
roller H H. reeds attached to partition in reed box over air passage I. air passage
from reeds to tune band Receiver and wind chest. J. ordinary Receiver or wind
chest with bellows K. Strip of wire for keeping pivot of reed box in groove
L. L. inlets to reeds.
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 what I claim is
1. The use of two or more sets of reeds in mechanical or automatic reed instruments
wherein the tunes are set out or indicated by a perforated sheet or roll of paper or
other material.
2. The use of stops in such instruments to control at will the sounds emitted from
the reeds of such instruments.