Improvements in and connected with Organ Pipes and Organ Pipe Lips.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 6th Apr., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Organ Pipes and Organ
Pipe Lips.
I, OLIVIER BISSONNETTE residing at 130 Amelia Street in the City of
Toronto in the County of York and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada,
Organ Pipe Maker, 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 statements :-
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Heretofore in the manufacture or construction of ornamental organ pipes it has
been customary and necessary when fitting what is called raised lips to the organ
pipes to solder or otherwise secure a collar around the edges of the opening of the
organ pipe and to then solder or otherwise secure the lips to the collar. This
method and means of securing the lips to the organ pipe was both expensive and
tedious and added considerably to the cost of the completed instrument, and it is
largely owing to this fact that organ manufacturers have been unable to ornament
reed organs with imitation organ pipes. It has also been customary and necessary
owing to the use of the collar to make the lips in several pieces, namely, six.in
some styles of lips, and in other styles of lips as many as eight pieces. This
manner of making the lips also added largely to the cost, as considerable adjusting
and trimming was required until the lips were properly fitted. This invention
relates to certain improvements in raised lips for organ pipes, and in the manu-
facture and fitting of the same, and the object of the invention is to manufacture
the lips in such a manner that the collars ears and lips can be made of a solid
piece and more particularly adapted for what is known as dummy or ornamental
pipes in order that the cost of manufacture and of fitting will be greatly reduced,
and the invention consists essentially of the device hereinafter more fully set forth,
and more particularly pointed out in the claims.
In the drawings
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a speaking organ pipe showing the ears and lips
attached of solid piece.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an imitation organ pipe, showing the lips and
ears attached.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an imitation organ pipe showing the lips and ears
attached of a shape similar to those in Figure 1.
Fig. 4 is a view of the blank showing the outline of the lips and ears.
Fig. 5 is a view of the completed blank for the lips shewn in Figs. 1 and 3.
Figs. 6 and 7 are similar views of the blank for the lips shewn in Fig. 2.
Fig. 8 is a perspective view of Gothic shaped raised lips.
Fig. 9 is a view of a completed blank for the lips shown in Fig. 8.
Like numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout Specification and
drawings.
As it is necessary to describe the manner of making the lips as well as their
application and use it will be advisable to cominence with the blank.
As shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 a thin sheet of suitable metal has either
marked out on it the pattern of the lips or has the shape of the lips and ears
together stamped out from it by means of dies.
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The completed blank consists of a lower lip 1-an upper lip 2-a mouth 3-
between the upper and lower lips, and ears respectively 5 and 6 located one on
either side of the mouth.
Formed integrally with the upper lip are sharp pointed lugs 10, which are

page_text: adapted to enter the organ pipe 11 at or near the sides of the opening therein to
securely hold the lips in place. When the organ pipe is an imitation one for
ornamental purposes.and is constructed of wood or other material or substance the
pointed lugs 10 are pressed into the organ pipe until they have entered to their
fullest extent and have firmly secured the lips to the organ pipe. Where the lips
are intended to be employed on speaking organ pipes, the usual opening in the
organ pipe is made to fit exactly the shape of the lips, and the lips are then
secured to the organ pipe either by soldering them to the edges of the opening or
making eyelets at the side of the opening, and then passing the pointed Ings
through these eyelets and bending them so as to hold against the pipe and thus
secure the lips in place. It will be particularly noticed that the main object of
this invention is to reduce the cost of the manufacture of the lips and also save a
considerable portion of the cost of fitting the lips to the organ pipes or to imitation
organ pipes. In Figs. 2, 6, and 7 I have shown the lips of a semi-Gothic design,
whilst in Figs. 8 and 9 I have shown the lips of a Gothic design.
To enable the lips shown in Figs. 2, 6 and 7 to be properly fitted to the organ
pipe a collar is formed integrally with the lip; and it will be noticed by reference
to the drawings that this collar consists in the blanks of two sections 12" and 12"
respectively, and that when the collar is completed the sections 12" and 12 are
brought together and soldered: and it will also be noticed that the greatest depth
of the collar is at the middle part of the head of the lip, and that the depth of the
collar tapers from that point to where it meets the upper lip at the upper end of
It will also be noticed that the upper end of the collar is provided with
two pointed lugs 10 to enter the organ pipes and rigidly secure the upper end of
the lips to the same.
the cars.
In Figs. 8 and 9 the lips are provided with two collars 12" 12" and 13" 13-
the collar 13" 13" being similar to the collar 12" 12" just described, and the same
description regarding the shape may be applied to the collar 13 13 and to this
description might be added the statement that the greatest depth of the collar 13 13
is at, the middle part of the foot of the lower lip, and the two sections of the said
collar taper from that point to where they meet the lower end of the ears 5 and 6.
The collars 12 12" and 13" 13" raise respectively the head of the upper lip and
foot of the lower lip from the organ pipe for the purpose of giving a symmetrical
appearance to the organ pipe. This form of lips may be readily applied to an
organ pipe, of any shape whatsoever and whether for ornamental or speaking
purposes. I reserve to myself however: the privilege of making this style of raised
lips in one or more sections provided each lip is made of a solid piece and forming
the ears integral with either one of the sections, although I do not find it as
convenient nor as cheap to make the lips in this manner.
Heretofore it has been necessary to make these raised lips having circular shaped
ends with collars to cause the ends to stand out from the organ pipe in order to give
them a finished appearance; but by means of the use of my lips the use of the collar
can be entirely dispensed with in raising the head and foot of those lips with
circular shaped ends, and in raising the foot of the semi-Gothic shaped lips.
might here be stated that the ears at the side and the collars respectively at the
head and foot of the Gothic shaped lips shown in Figs. 8 and 9 are made in one
piece, and integral with the upper and lower lips.
It
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion I declare that what I claim is.
1. In organ pipe lips the combination with the tip of a collar formed integrally
with the upper lip and adapted to raise the upper lip from the organ pipe when
fitted in place, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
2. In organ pipe lips the combination of the upper and lower lips, a mouth
formed between the said lips, and an ear arranged on either side of the said mouth
and formed integrally with the lips, substantially as set forth.
3. In organ pipe lips the combination of the upper lip, the lower lip, a mouth

page_text: between the said lips, an ear arranged on each side of the said mouth and formed
integrally with the lips, and lugs adapted to enter the organ pipes, substantially as
set forth.
4. In organ pipe lips the combination of the upper lip, the lower lip, a mouth
between the said lips, an ear on either side of the said mouth and formed integrally.
with lower and upper lips, lugs integrally with the said lips adapted to enter the
pipe, and a collar formed integrally with the said lips, and adapted to raise the
lips from the organ pipe when in place, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 24th day of January 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.