Musical Typography.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 5th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 16th May, 1896
Musical Typography.
I The Abbé PHILIPPE VAN DER HAEGHEN, of 10 Rue d'Arenberg, Brussels,
in the Kingdom of Belgium do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
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This new process of musical publishing is essentially distinct from the mechanical
printing of music similar to that of a book. By means of stamping apparatus the
original is formed with a thick oily or lithographic ink by hand and is capable of
indefinite reproduction by the numerous processes of litho-zincography, photo-
typeing &c. These stamps are of any shape, that is to say, of size, character or
style, varied at will in such manner that they are for music what ordinary type is
for books, and their usuage equally novel, provides for the graphical difficulties of
music. This simple and inexpensive process entirely suppresses musical engraving
and replaces all the processes of publication, by its extreme cheapness and the
richness of the impressions.
The invention consists essentially in the application to musical printing of:
1. Stamping apparatus for hand use for direct forming of the original text.
These types are of any, size, shape or style.
2. Of curved rulers for tracing with a drawing pen, all kinds of curves.
3. Of a graduated ruler with points varied according to the system of stave.
This collection of instruments constitutes with the tee square and the drawing
pen, a process of extreme simplicity enabling all to effect an ordinary and rich
publication of music at prices bearing no comparison with the first cost and the net
cost of plate engraving.
Dated this 6th June 1895.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.
1, The Reverend PHILIPPE VAN DER HAEGHEN of 10 Rue d'Arenberg,
Brussels in the Kingdom of Belgium, 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 new process of music-score printing is essentially different from the printing
of music by a machine, as a book is printed. With the help of sinall stamping
tools and printers' ink, one is enabled to write by hand the original music score
which may afterwards be reproduced to any extent by any of the numerous
processes of litho-zincography, photo-lithography and such like means.
These stamps are of great variety of shape, size, and style, thus rendering to
the art of music-writing, the same services that type renders to book-printing and
they are so made as to meet every possible requirement of music writers. The
method of using the said stamps is very readily acquired, and as they can be
supplied very cheaply, while the work produced is of a high character, it is easy
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page_text: to foresee that they will come into general use, entirely superseding all other
systems of printing and engraving musical notation.
My said invention consists, substantially, in the application to the printing of
musical notation or músic score of :
1. Hand stamping-tools for printing all musical signs and characters, the said
tools being of various sizes, shapes and styles.
2. Curved rules for drawing curves of all kinds.
3. A graduated and a guide-pin ruler, these rulers being varied according to the
kind of staff employed.
The above-named collection of instruments constitutes, along with a square-rule
and a straight-line ruler, all that is required for the application of my system,
which enables anyone to produce ordinary musical copy, or score, at a cost
so low as to be out of all comparison with the expense entailed by metallic
engraving.
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 :
A system of printing musical notation, or score, distinguished by the fact that
it enables the work to be executed by hand and all musical staves, notes, characters
and signs are produced with the help of a collection of stamping tools, or instru-
ments, a ruler for curves, a ruler for drawing the staff along with an ordinary
straight-line ruler and a square-rule.
Dated this 4th day of March 1896.
L. DUVINAGE,
Agent for Applicant.