AN IMPROVEMENT IN MUSIC STANDS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN WILLIAM GORDON of N° 28 Pembury Grove Clapton in the County
of Middlesex Law Student do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
AN IMPROVEMENT IN MUSIC STANDS to be as follows: that is to say it consists
in the use of a leaf by which a music stand may be affixed to the front of a
pianoforte of suitable size and shape by merely placing the leaf across the plank
or frame which constitutes or supports the front of the pianoforte and allowing
the top of the instrument to rest upon the upper side of the leaf.
The method is shewn in the diagram which accompanies this specification
where F is the front of the pianoforte T the top and L the leaf seen in position,
all drawn in Section the letters "8" and "p" indicate the stand itself and the
prop by which it is supposed in the present instance to be kept at a convenient
angle for use. But these, though shown for the better illustrating of the use of
the leaf constitute no part of the present invention which it is intended to apply
to any music stand of suitable construction. The essential features of the leaf here
used are
1 Breadth sufficient to prevent sluing of the stand;
2 Rigidity sufficient to resist the pressure of the pianoforte top;
3 Strength sufficient to sustain the weight of the stand and its contemplated
burden with the desired steadiness;
4 An angular position on the stand which gives when in use a convenient
inclination to the inusic. But this may be secured by attaching the leaf by means
of a hinge having sufficient angular range;
Any design, mode of construction and material for the leaf, and any method of
attachment to the stand which secures these desiderata may be employed for the
purposes here contemplated.

page_text: I JOHN WILLIAM GORDON of 28 Pembury Grove Lower Clapton in the
County of Middlesex Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for AN IMPROVEMENT IN MUSIC STANDS and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement that is to say it consists in the use of a leaf by which a music desk
may be affixed to the front of a Pianoforte of suitable size and shape, by merely
placing the leaf across the plank or frame which constitutes or supports the front
of the pianoforte and allowing the top of the Instrument to rest upon the upper
side of the leaf.
The method is shewn in the diagram which accompanied my provisional
specification where F is the front of the Pianoforte; T the top; and L the leaf
seen in position, all drawn in section; the letters "8" and "p" indicate the desk
itself and the prop by which it is supposed in the present instance to be kept at
a convenient angle for use. But these, though shewn for the better illustrating
of the use of the leaf constitute no part of the present invention which it is
intended to apply to any music desk of suitable construction.
The essential features of the leaf here used are;
1. Breadth sufficient to prevent sluing of the desk;
2. Rigidity sufficient to resist the pressure of the Pianoforte top:
3. Strength sufficient to sustain the weight of the desk and its contemplated
burden with the required steadiness:
4. An angular position on the desk which gives when in use a convenient
inclination to the music: this may be secured by attaching the leaf by
means of an hinge having sufficient angular range. Collateral advantages
may be so secured.
Any design, mode of construction, and material for the leaf and any method of
attachment to the desk which satisfy these conditions may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is the leaf hereiubefore described as a stand or support for any kind of
music desk.