Improvements in Candle Holders and Gas and other Lamps for Pianofortes, Organs, and other like Musical Instruments, and in Attaching the said Holders and Lamps to and Adjusting their Position on the said Instruments.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 11th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candle Holders and Gas and other Lamps for
Pianofortes, Organs, and other like Musical Instruments, and in
Attaching the said Holders and Lamps to and Adjusting their
Position on the said Instruments.
I, THOMAS KENDRICK, of Summer Lane, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In the ordinary methods of applying artificial light to the illumination of music
books on the desks or racks of pianofortes organs and other like musical instru-
ments that is musical instruments having manuals or key boards such for example
as harmoniuns great inconvenience arises from the limited range of adjustment
provided the candle holders sometimes employed being capable only of turning on
the joint by which they are connected to the front of the instrument.
Where no candle holders are attached to the instrument ledges are provided on
which ordinary candle sticks and candles are supported. In this case the limited
means of adjustment afforded by the jointed candle holders referred to is
absent.
My invention has for its object to remedy the defects referred to and consists of
the improvements hereinafter described whereby the performer can adjust the
candle or candles and the lamp or lamps employed both horizontally and vertically
so as to obtain the particular kind of illumination he may desire.
I will describe my invention in conuection with a cottage pianoforte. Where the
illumination is by candles I fix a horizontal metallic rod at the front and near the
top of the instrument the said rod being secured at or near its ends to the said
front and near the sides of the instrument. On this rod two sliding sockets are
situated the said sockets being provided with fixing screws by relaxing or
tightening the said screws the positions of the said sockets on the said rod may
be adjusted and fixed. To these sockets arms are jointed the ends of the said arms
carrying candle holders. Or the said sockets may carry vertical rods on which
vertical rods other sliding sockets with fixing screws are situated and work. By
the arrangement of parts described the candle holders and consequently the
candles placed in them can be adjusted both horizontally and vertically and
brought forward to the distance from the front of the instrument as is most suited
to the performer. The sliding sockets on the vertical rods may be without fixing
screws the sockets being slit and made to grasp the vertical rods with sufficient
tightness to preserve the positions to which they may be brought. Or the sockets
may be without slits in which case they are provided with springs to give the
necessary hold on the rods.
Or the horizontal rod may be dispensed with and the required adjustment of the
candle holder provided by fixing a jointed bracket at each end of the instrument
the said brackets having one or more joints in their horizontal arms. By means of
the jointed arms the required horizontal adjustments can be effected and if in
addition vertical adjustment is required it may be obtained by attaching a vertical
rod on the instrument at the place where the bracket is to be fixed and connecting
the bracket with the said rod by a sliding socket. Or the raising and lowering
may be effected by a screwing action.
Where gas is employed as the illuminant I employ either of the arrangements
described but preferably the latter the bracket being tubular and connected by a
flexible pipe to the gas piping of the room.

page_text: Where electric incandescent lamps are employed the electrical insulated con-
ductors and lamps are carried by either of the arrangements described.
Where desirable the attachment of the candle holders and lamps to the
pianoforte may be effected by one connection instead of two. In this case I make
the connection preferably at the middle and near the top of the front of the instru
ment. A strong fixing plate attached to the instrument carries an arm from which
horizontal arms branch the said horizontal arms having joints by which they can be
virtually lengthened and shortened horizontally and adjusted to the required
distance from the front of the instrument. When vertical adjustment in addition
to horizontal adjustment is required this may be obtained by a joint in the arm
carrying the horizontal arms.
My improvements may be employed in connection with oil and spirit lamps as
well as in connection with candles and gas and electric lamps.
The application of my invention to pianofortes other than cottage pianofortes
as well as its application to organs and other like musical instruments differs in no
essential respect from its application to a cottage pianoforte as hereinbefore
described.
D
1 M 1000
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicant
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candle Holders and Gas and other Lamps for
Pianofortes, Organs, and other like Musical Instruments, and in
Attaching the said Holders and Lamps to and Adjusting their
Position on the said Instruments.
I, THOMAS KENDRICK, of Summer Lane, Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
In the ordinary methods of applying artificial light to the illumination of music
books on the desks or racks of pianofortes, organs, and other like musical instru-
ments, that is, musical instruments having manuals or key boards such for example
as harmoniums great inconvenience arises from the limited range of adjustment
provided, the candle holders sometimes employed being capable only of turning on
the joint by which they are connected to the front of the instrument.
Where no candle holders are attached to the instrument ledges are provided on
which ordinary candlesticks and candles are supported. In this case the limited
means of adjustment afforded by the jointed candle holders referred to is absent.
My invention has for its object to remedy the defects referred to and consists of
the improvements hereinafter described whereby the performer can adjust the
candle or candles and the lamp or lamps employed both horizontally and vertically
so as to obtain the particular kind of illumination he may desire.
I will describe my invention in connection with a cottage pianoforte. Where the
illumination is by candles, I fix a horizontal metallic rod at the front and near
the top of the instrument the said rod being secured at or near its ends to the said
front and near the sides of the instrument. On this rod two sliding sockets are
situated the said sockets being provided with fixing screws by relaxing or tightening
the said screws the positions of the said sockets on the said rod may be adjusted
and fixed. To these sockets arms are jointed the ends of the said arms carrying
candle holders. Or the said sockets may carry vertical rods on which vertical rods
other sliding sockets with fixing screws are situated and work.
By the arrangement of parts described the candle holders and consequently the
candles placed in them can be adjusted both horizontally and vertically and brought
forward to the distance from the front of the instrument as is most suited to the
performer.

page_text: Or the horizontal rod may be dispensed with and the required adjustment of the
candle holder provided by fixing a jointed bracket at each end of the instrument,
the said brackets having one or more joints in their horizontal arms. By means of the
jointed arms the required horizontal adjustments can be effected, and if in addition
vertical adjustment is required it may be obtained by attaching a vertical rod on
the instrument at the place where the bracket is to be fixed and connecting the
bracket with the said rod by a sliding socket. Or the raising and lowering may be
effected by a screwing action.
Where gas is employed as the illuminant, I employ either of the arrangements
described but preferably the latter, the bracket being tubular and connected by a
flexible pipe to the gas piping of the room.
Where desirable the attachment of the candle holders and lamps to the pianoforte
may be effected by one connection instead of two. In this case I make the con-
nection preferably at the middle and near the top of the front of the instrument.
A strong fixing plate attached to the instrument carries an arm from which hori-
zontal arms branch, the said horizontal arms having joints by which they can be
virtually lengthened and shortened horizontally and adjusted to the required
distance from the front of the instrument.
When vertical adjustment in addition to horizontal adjustment is required this
may be obtained by a joint in the arm carrying the horizontal arms.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying drawing the
manner in which my invention is to be performed.
Figure 1. represents in perspective one of the arrangements of my invention as
applied to candle holders, for a cottage pianoforte ;
Figure 2. represents in elevation, partly in cross section, one of the candle holders
and its supporting rod drawn to a larger scale and
Figure 3 represents one of the brackets of the supporting rod detached.
a. is the horizontal metallic rod or tube square (or angular) in cross section fixed
at the front and near the top of the pianoforte or like musical instrument by its ends
being secured to the brackets b. b.; c. c. are the sliding sockets carrying the candle
holders d. d. The sockets c. c. are provided with fixing screws e. e. by relaxing or
tightening which the position horizontally of the sockets c. c. on the rod a. and
consequently the candle holders may be adjusted. The arms of the candle holders d. d.
may either be jointed to the sockets c. c. or the ends of the arms may be provided
with sockets f. as represented in Figures 1. and 2. sliding on the vertical rods g. y.
on the principal sockets c. c.
Or the vertical adjustment of the candle holders may be effected in the manner
represented in Figure 4. In this arrangement the sliding socket c. on the horizontal
rod a. is furnished with a second socket c² in which the vertical rod d2 at the back
of the candle holder arm d. can slide and be fixed in its adjusted position by the
screw represented. The sliding sockets on the vertical rods g. and d² may be
without fixing screws, the sockets f. and c² being slit and made to grasp the vertical
rods with sufficient tightness to preserve the positions to which they may be
brought.
Or the sockets may be without slits, in which case they are provided with springs
to give the necessary hold on the rods.
When a horizontal adjustment only is required, the horizontal rod may be
supported at the back of and above the instrument. Figure 1A represents this
arrangement as applied to an electric incandescent lamp in which arrangement two
horizontal supporting rods a. a. are used, supported by the vertical arms or
uprights b. b. at the ends of the instrument; h. is the electric incandescent lamp
connected to the double socket i. which is capable of sliding upon the rods a. a. for
adjusting the horizontal position of the lamp.
Figure 5 represents in perspective the arrangement of my invention in which the
attachment of the candle holders is effected by a connection at the middle of
the instrument. In this arrangement, I use a curved arm or bracket k. (shown

page_text: separately drawn to a larger scale in Figure 6.) supporting the horizontal telescopic
arms or branches l. 1. carrying the candle holders at 12, 12. The curved arm or
bracket k. slides in the socket fixed to the pianoforte and the said arm or bracket
is secured in the said bracket, after adjustment, by the set screw represented in the
drawing.
By sliding the bracket k. in the fixed socket the vertical adjustment of the
candle holders at 1212 may be effected and by means of the telescopic arms or
branches .. the horizontal adjustment of the said candle holders may be
effected.
Or the socket may be fixed on the end of a bracket connected to the pianoforte
and a vertical rod at the middle of the telescopic horizontal branches of the candle
holders be made to slide in the said socket.
This modification is represented in Figure 7. where the fixed bracket on the
pianoforte is marked m. and its socket m and the vertical rod sliding in the said
socket is marked n. the said rod n. carrying the horizontal branches of the candle
holders.
When the candle holders are not required to be made capable of a vertical
adjustment, the bracket k. at the middle of the pianoforte is without a socket, as
represented in Figure 8, that is, the curved bracket k. is secured at its inner end to
the pianoforte and its outer end supports the telescopic horizontal branches 7. of the
candle holders.
Figure 9. represents in end elevation the arrangement of my invention in which
a jointed bracket is used at each end of the pianoforte; the said Figure 9
illustrating my invention as carried out when gas is used;
Figure 10 represents in horizontal and vertical section, the screw socket of the
said arrangement drawn to a larger scale.
p. is the jointed bracket of the gas lamp (or candle holder) the outer arm of the
said bracket being jointed to the inner part so that the required horizontal adjust-
ment of the gas lamp supported by it can be effected. The vertical adjustment of
the gas lamp is effected in the following manner. At each end of the pianoforte is
a vertical screw q. turning in eyes in the plates q² q2 fixed to the instrument.
The vertical screw q. is capable only of a rotary motion in its bearings. On the
said screw q. are two screw sockets .. to which the jointed gas bracket p. is
connected. The lower screw socket r has a gas way or passage 2 in it by which
gas is conveyed to the gas bracket p. (see the enlarged views Figure 10.). The
hollow screw socket is connected by an universal joint to the flexible tube t. and
the latter is connected to the gas supply pipe at . By turning the screw 7, and
preventing rotation in the gas bracket, the said bracket can be raised or lowered on
the screw and the vertical adjustment of the gas lamp effected.
When the illumination is by candles, the flexible gas supply pipe t is dispensed
with and the screw socket r is without the annular gas way
In place of the screw q. and screw sockets r. s. a plain rod and sliding sockets
with fixing screws may be used for adjusting the vertical height of the candle
holder or lamp.
When electric incandescent lamps are employed, the electrical insulated con-
ductors and lamps are carried by either of the arrangements described and
represented.
My improvements may be employed in connection with oil and spirit lamps as
well as in connection with candles and gas and electric lamps.
The application of my invention to pianofortes other than cottage pianofortes as
well as its application to organs and other like musical instruments differs in no
essential respect from its application to a cottage pianoforte as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention
and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I claim as my

page_text: invention of Improvements in candle holders and gas and other lamps for piano-
fortes, organs and other like musical instruments and in attaching the said holders
and lamps to and adjusting their position on the said instruments
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First. The construction of the candle holders and lamps and the combination of
parts for attaching them to and adjusting their position, either horizontally or both
horizontally and vertically, on pianofortes and other like musical instruments
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 1. 2. 3. and 4. of
the accompanying drawing; also the modification represented in Figure 14 for
effecting the connection and horizontal adjustment of the candle holders or lamps.
Secondly. The construction of the candle holders and lamps and the combination
of parts for attaching them to and adjusting their position, either horizontally or
both horizontally and vertically, on pianofortes and other like musical instruments
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 5. 6. 7. and 8. of
the accompanying drawing.
Lastly. The construction of the candle holders and lamps and the arrangements
or combinations of parts hereinbefore described and illustrated with respect to
Figures 9. and 10 of the accompanying drawing for attaching the said holders or
lamps to and adjusting their position both horizontally and vertically on pianofortes
and other like musical instruments.
Dated the Tenth day of February 1891.
THOMAS KENDRICK.