Improvements relating to the Mouthpieces of Wind Musical Instruments.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Apr., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 21st Dec., 1899-Accepted, 24th Mar., 1900
Improvements relating to the Mouthpieces of Wind Musical
Instruments.
LOUIS ANTOINE, Inventor of the said system, living at present at No. 2, Bennett
Street, Fitzroy Square, London, W., do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:--
The mouth piece of wind instruments (musical) in any metal whatever, and
also of any size in which the drawing stands on the right hand side of sheet of
drawing with letters A & D.
The top part of the mouth piece represented by letter A & C is hollow, and is
screwed up to bottom part letter D, which is full and massive at points B & E
by another screw.
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Improvements relating to the Mouthpieces of Wind Musical
Instruments.
LOUIS ANTOINE, of Bedford Passage, 101", Charlotte Street (formerly of No. 2,
Bennett Street) Fitzroy Square, in the County of London, England, Metal
Spinner and Turner, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in the mouthpieces of wind musical instru-
ments and has for its object to remedy the defects inherent to the mouthpieces
hitherto used that is to say to render the lighter and hence less costly without im-
pairing the solidity thereof. Moreover my new or improved mouthpieces can be
manufactured by ordinary instead of by skilled workmen as heretofore, and it has
the incomparable advantage of not becoming heated when in use to such an extent
as former mouthpieces and hence of not injuring the lips of the performer.
To remedy the above mentioned defects and to obtain the advantages aforesaid
I form mouthpieces by means of what is known in the trade as "repoussé" work
generally performed by so-called metal spinners, and accordingly the mouthpiece
made is hollow inside, while exceedingly strong and light.
In the drawings accompanying the provisional application, Fig. 1 is an outside
view of my improved mouthpiece and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation of the same,
the stem D being detached from the mouthpiece proper. In some cases, I may

page_text: make such mouthpieces in one piece, although they are preferably divided as
shown. The mouthpiece A is hollow at C; B and E being solid parts or rings
allowing the stem to be screwed into the lower part of such mouthpiece. The
stem apart from its central aperture is preferably solid. It is obvious that my
mouthpiece may assume the ordinary or any diversity of form.
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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 manufacture of mouthpieces for wind musical instruments by means of
repoussé" or metal spinner's work in such a manner that the mouthpiece shall
consist of an outer and inner envelope formed integrally and between which a hollow
space is left, substantially as herein described.
Doted this 21st day of Danam 1000
DE KATOW & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.