Improvements in connection with Music Stands and in Apparatus connected therewith.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 20th May, 1892-Accepted, 25th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Music Stands and in Apparatus
connected therewith.
I JAMES HIRD of 20 Berkeley Road Bishopston Bristol in the County of
Gloucester Lithographic Printer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in connection with music stands for the
purpose of more easily turning the leaves of the music.
The apparatus consists of the following combination of levers and grippers or
fingers.
The apparatus consists first of a piece of elastic or other material placed on an
ordinary music stand to keep the music paper from shifting. Next is a series of
levers on one spindle said levers working to and fro as required. On each of the
levers there is fixed a gripper or fingers to take hold of and retain the music sheet
likewise a small handle on each of the levers for the purpose of the turning process.
As the handle is turned over the lever with the gripper (which is previously
attached to the sheet) turns thus saving much worry and trouble in getting at the
sheet beside (with pianofortes) not requiring the aid of a second person to turn the
leaves over.
On the right hand of the music stand a small piece of elastic or other substance
may be placed to further keep the music sheet in place as otherwise in turning
quickly it is sometimes apt to displace the next sheet.
Dated this 21st day of August 1891.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentee.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Music Stands and in Apparatus
connected therewith.
1, JAMES HIRD of 20, Berkeley Road, Bishopston, Bristol in the County of
Gloucester, Lithographic Printer, 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 relates to improvements in connection with music stands for the
purpose of easily and readily turning the leaves of the music or the like.
The apparatus consists first of a piece of string elastic or other suitable material
placed on an ordinary music stand to keep the music or other paper from shifting.
Next a series of levers or arms-said levers working to and fro as required. On
each of the levers there is fixed a gripper or fingers to take hold of and retain the
music sheet likewise if desired a small handle on each of the levers for the purpose
of the turning process. As the said gripper arm is turned or moved across the
gripper (which is previously attached to the sheet) turns the music thus saving
much worry and trouble in getting at the sheet besides (with pianofortes) not
requiring the aid of a second person to turn the leaves over.
On the right hand of the music stand a small piece of elastic or other substance
may be placed to further keep the music sheet in place as otherwise in turning
quickly it is sometimes apt to displace the next sheet.
And in order that my present invention may be easily understood and readily

page_text: carried into practice I will proceed to further describe same with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a view of an ordinary music stand having my present invention
applied thereto, and the music in position.
Figure 2 is an underside plan or edge view of the bottom of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a separate view of one of the grippers or fingers for gripping the
sheet of music etc.
Figure 4 is a local edge view of the bearing or step in which the various arms
are pivotted or have their bearing.
a is an ordinary music stand or desk to support thereon the music b.
c is the bottom piece on said stand upon which the music b rests.
Upon the underside of the part e the bearing piece or step d is screwed or other-
wise suitably mounted and this piece d has the end e thereof turned over (as shown
in Fig. 4) so as to form the bearing for the gripper arm f-each such arm is
mounted or pivotted in de so as to be capable of turning therein and each arm is of
a different size to the one next adjacent thereto so as to be clear thereof in its
path of travel to and fro.
Upon the opposite end of each such gripper aim f is mounted a suitable
gripping device or paper clipping appliance such as g (for instance a device such
as shown in Fig. 3.) which consists of a spring arm h which at its outer end i is
kept by any suitable springs constantly pressed down against the plate or arm
j so
as to firmly grip the music or other sheet when placed between i and j.
A piece of elastic or string or other suitable material m is placed from top to
bottom of the stand as shown in Figure 1 so that the sheets of music may be
placed behind said elastic or string m.
Each sheet of music having respectively been gripped by one of the appliances g
and all of the levers or gripping arms having been placed over to the right hand
side the operation is as follows:-
A's soon as it is desired to turn over the first leaf or sheet of music the longest
arm on the right hand side is moved (by the finger of the operator) across to the
left hand side shown in Figure 1 and takes with it the sheet of music attached to
it while all the other sheets of music being left behind until the arms f are one
by one moved across from right to left as required.
h
The parts d e f g and may all be made in metal or of any other suitable material
as desired.
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 :-
The combination with a music stand or desk or other music rest-of a series of
arms each of a different length and each pivotted at one end to a separate
bearing and each having at the opposite end a suitable paper gripping device such
as g arranged combined and acting substantially in the manner and for the purposes
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 20th day of May 1892.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.