A Combined Piano and Music Case and Holder.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 16th Mar., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Piano and Music Case and Holder.
I HENRY ZEN DER of 324, Scrutton Street, Curtain Road, Shoreditch, Piano
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 :-
This invention relates to a combined piano and music case and holder, and
consists in forming at each end of the piano a case or receptacle for holding music
and for receiving a desk or stand for supporting music when the latter is required
for performing on a separate instrument, such as a violin or harp etc.
The receptacles at the ends of the piano extend from the top to the bottom of
the body thereof, and are provided with shelves and a hinged door or flap, opening
outwards in the front of the piano. The said doors or flaps are provided on the
inside with brackets, for supporting a rod, which are fitted with set screws, for
fixing the rod at any suitable height when the door or flap is opened, and to the
top of the rod is fitted when required a desk or stand for music, provided with a
socket for fixing it in position. The said desk or stand can thus be removed when
not required for use, and placed in the lower part of the case or receptacle the rod
being lowered by loosening the set screws to enable the door or flap to be closed.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings,
Fig. 1 represents a sectional plan of a case or receptacle fitted to one end of a
piano, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, drawn to a smaller scale.
Fig. 3 is an end view of a piano with its case or receptacle, and
Fig. 4 is a front view of one end of the piano, with the door of the case or
receptacle open, and the music desk or stand fixed in position for use.
a is the case or receptacle fitted to one end of the piano b, it being understood
that a similar case or receptacle is or may be fitted to the other end of the piano.
Each case a is fitted with shelves a¹ for holding or storing music. c is the door
or flap hinged at c' to the front of the case a and opening outwards in the direction
of the dotted line. The door c or flap c is provided with brackets d on the inside,
through which passes a rod e adjusted within and fixed at a suitable height to the
said brackets, by set screws d'. The door or flap c is placed at an angle with the
front of the case a or it may be curved in cross section, or of other suitable shape
to add to the ornamentation of the piano. The rod e is for the
of
supporting the desk or stand when the door is open, as shown in Fig. 4, the
desk or stand being provided with a socket f¹ for fixing it in position upon the
said rod when required for holding music for the performance of a separate
instrument such as a violin, or harp etc.
purpose
When not required for use, the desk or stand f may be removed from the rod e
The door c
and placed in the lower compartment a² of the case or receptacle a.
may then be closed, having previously lowered the rode by loosening the set
screws d¹ to permit of its entering the case or receptacle a.
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) In a piano the combination therewith of a case or receptacle or cases or
receptacles, at the ends thereof, provided with shelves for holding or storing music,
things

page_text: (2) In cases or receptacles for holding or storing music as above claimed, the
combination therewith of doors or flaps c provided with brackets & fitted with
adjusting screws d rods e, music stands or desks f having sockets f', and com-
partments a³ for containing the said stands or desks substantially as described and
for the purposes specified.
(3) The improved combined piano and music cases or receptacles and holders or
stands, substantially as herein described and shewn in the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
Dated this 15th day of Fahmin 1905
GEO. H. RAYNER,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.