Improvements in Means for Ornamenting or Utilizing the Backs of Upright Piano-fortes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 14th July, 1896-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL OF ECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Ornamenting or Utilizing the Backs
of Upright Piano-fortes.
I, SAMUEL GODFREY LEESE GILES, of 19 Old Cavendish Street, in the
County of London, Decorator and Cabinet Maker, lo hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
The backs of upright pianofortes, when exposed to view, have hitherto been
non-ornamental, but in order to render them more artistic, they have sometimes
been draped.
The object of the present invention is to apply to these backs any suitable
article of furniture which is both useful and ornamental.
In carrying my invention into effect I construct a cabinet or other article of
furniture, which may have several shelves capable of carrying ornaments, books, &c.
This cabinet or other article may be provided or not with legs, or it may be merely
suspended from the instrument, and at the back it is fitted with studs which pass
through key-hole slots in the back of the musical instrument, or other suitable
connecting means may be employed. The cabinet or other article of furniture,
which is somewhat shallow, is thus prevented from being knocked over.
When the article of furniture is not suspended, it is preferably provided with
curved or cranked pivoted legs at the back, which are turned underneath the same
when it is attached to the piano, but which are opened out when the cabinet or
other article is detached therefrom, thus rendering it more steady by widening
the base.
The cabinet or other article of furniture is formed in such a manner as to avoid
any material obstruction of the sound; the back of it may be formed of a piece
of silk or other fabric for the same purpose.
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HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Means for Ornamenting or Utilizing the Backs
of Upright Piano-fortes.
I, SAMUEL GODFREY LEESE GILES of 19 Old Cavendish Street, in the
County of London, Decorator and Cabinet 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 statement:-
The backs of upright pianofortes, when exposed to view, have hitherto generally
been non-ornamental, but in order to render them more artistic, they have
sometimes been draped.
The object of the present invention is to apply to these backs any suitable
article of furniture which is both useful and ornamental.

page_text: My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. is a perspective view of a piano-forte with a cabinet applied thereto
according to my present invention.
Figures 2 and 3 are end views respectively of the piano-forte and cabinet
separately.
Fig. 4 is back view of the piano-forte showing the means of attaching the
cabinet or other article of furniture thereto.
Fig. 5 is a lace view and Fig. 6 is a vertical cross section of one part of the
fastening means mounted on a suitable plate or block,
Fig. 7 is a face view and Fig. 8 a vertical cross section separately of the kay
hole plate shown in Figures 4, 5, 6 and
n
Fig. 9 is a face view Fig. 10 a vertical edge view and Fig. 11 a plan or top edge
view of the other part of the fastener.
In all the figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
a represents a piano-forte and a cabinet or other article of furniture which
may as shown have several shelves and one or more cupboards capable of carrying
ornaments, books &e. This cabinet b or other article inay be provided with legs
or it may be merely suspended from the piano-forte a, and at the back it is
preferably fitted with studs c which pass through key hole slots d' formed in
plates & carried by blocks fixed to the piano-forte, but other suitable connecting
menns may be employed. The cabinet or other article of furniture, which is
somewhat shallow, is thus prevented from being accidentally knocked over and
from shaking when the piano is played.
When the cabinet or other article of furniture & is attached to but not suspended
from the piano-forte a aml is provided with legs b' it is preferably provided with
additional curved or cranked pivoted legs at the back, and if desired at the
front, which are turned underneath the same when it is attached to the piano but
which are opened ant when the cabinet b or other article of furniture is detached
therefrom, thus rendering is more steady by widening the base.
The cabinet or other article of furniture is formed in such a manner as to
avoid any material obstruction of the sound; the back of it may be formed of a
piece of silk or other fabric for the same purpose.
It is evident that the means for attaching the article of furniture to the piano-
forte may be doubled if desired and applied to the top and bottom thereof and the
details of the attaching means may be somewhat varied without departing from
the nature of this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The improved means for ornamenting or utilizing the backs of upright piano-
fortes substantially as herein shown and described.
2. Menus for removably attaching a cabinet or other article of furniture to or
suspending it from the back of an upright piano-forte substantially as herein shown
and describied.
3. The combination with a pianoforte of a shallow cabinet or other suitable
article of furniture forming an ornament to the back of the piano and adapted to
be readily attached thereto and removed therefrom substantially in the manner
hercin set forth.
Thatod 1.. 14.1. 1400
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, Loudon, W.C., Agents.