IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING MUSIC, AND IN TYPE AND APPARATUS FOR THAT PURPOSE
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Morgan-Brown, of the Firm of Brandon
and Morgan-Brown, Engineers and Patent Agents, of 38, South-
ampton Buildings, London, and 13, Rue Gaillon, Paris, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING MUSIC, AND IN TYPE AND
APPARATUS FOR THAT PURPOSE."-A communication from abroad by
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Morgan-
Brown at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 25th April 1874.
I, WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN, of the Firm of Brandon and Morgan.
Brown, Engineers and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings,
London, and 13, Rue Gaillon, Paris, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING MUSIC, AND IN TYPE AND
APPARATUS FOR THAT PURPOSE," to be as follows:-

page_text: stamp or strike the musical notes on a sheet of tin or other appropriate
metal by means of punches. I strike off a proof from this sheet on
autographic paper which I transfer on a wooden surface. I then care-
fully engrave the notes in the wood and take from the same an
electro-type cast. I then cut out the different notes and mount them
separately by soldering or otherwise, on rods, or handles.
Secondly. For producing certain type I make use of dies having the
requisite corresponding form through which I draw indefinite lengths of
wire, which I cut off into lengths of about %, of an inch, and mount on
handles as above stated.
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Thirdly. I strike off from stone or otherwise an autographic paper a
sheet bearing the requisite lines and spaces, and I transport this sheet in
a special frame with an open hinged cover and lay it in on the bottom,
which may be of wood covered with felt. Over the sheet I place an
open cardboard and then bring down and fix in any convenient manner
the open hinged cover, on which I lay a cross board which can be
moved up or down horizontally on the cover and in close proximity of
the paper. I then print successively the notes of the paper by means
of the type prepared as above stated and previously coated with transfer
ink.
Fourthly. When the notes are all thus marked on the autographic
paper I transfer the words thercon by attaching bands of autographic
paper on which they have been printed with ordinary type and transfer
ink, I then transfer such sheet on stone or zinc and draw off proofs in
the usual manner. And for the purpose of reproduction at any future
period I draw off one or more proofs in transfer ink, which I transfer on
to sheets of zinc and protect with a coating of mucilaginious material.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Morgan-Brown in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 20th October 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
MORGAN-BROWN, of the Firm of Brandon and Morgan-Brown, Engineers
and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings, London, and 13, Rue
Gaillon, Paris, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said William Morgan-Brown, Her special license
that I, the said William Morgan-Brown, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Morgan-Brown, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PRINTING MUSIC, AND IN TYPE AND APPARATUS FOR THAT PURPOSE," a communi-
cation to me from abroad by Charles Lourdel, of 13, Rue Gaillon, Paris,
Merchant, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William
Morgan-Brown, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Scal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Morgan-Brown, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
In order that my improvements be clearly understood I will describe
them more fully conjointly with the eleven Figures of the accompanying.
Drawing, of which Figures 1, 2, and 3 are respectively a plan and two
elevations of one class of printing type; Figure 4 a plan, and Figure 5
an clevation of another class of printing type; Figures 6, 7, and 8,
respectively a plan and two elevations of a third class of printing type;
Figure 9 a plan of my printing frame; Figure 10 a front elevation of
the same without the music paper and sliding cross board; and Figure 11
a similar elevation with the music paper and cross board, showing a few
bars printed.
The first part of my Invention has reference to the manner of forming
or constructing the type or tools with which I print my music, and.

page_text: According to the first I strike or stamp the musical notes or stops on
a sheet of tin, or other appropriate metal, by means of punches. I then
take a proof from this sheet of tin on autographic paper and transfer it
on a wooden surface. I then carefully engrave these notos in the wood
and take from the same an electro-type cast, and finally cut out
separately these different notes and mount each by soldering or other-
wise on its own rod or handle, as seen in plan at Figure 1, in front
elevation at Figure 2, and in lateral elevation at Figure 3; in which
Figures a represents the handle or shank, which I prefer making in zinc,
with a depression 6 on each side for facilitating its manipulation or
handling; c is a nick made on one of its faces as is customary with
typographic type, and d the note soldered on the extremity of the
shank.
According to the second process for producing certain type I make
use of dies having the requisite corresponding form, through which I
draw indefinite lengths of wire which I cut up into lengths of about
of an inch, and mount on shanks or handles, as described with
reference to my first process. Figures 4 and 5 represent this class of
tool; the letters of reference on the same indicate the same parts as in
the case of Figures 1, 2, and 3.
My third process consists in casting the type with the handle in one
jet of metal preferably zinc, the size and shape of the same remaining
similar to those shown in Figures 1 to 5.
According to my fourth process I cast in one piece of metal, as abovo
stated, and subsequently strike the note on the extremity of the same in
a fly press or otherwise, by means of an appropriate punch or die.
The second part of my Invention has reference to the impression of
the music by means of the instruments above described conjointly with
a frame and accessory parts adapted for the purpose, and consists in
the first case in striking off from stone, zinc, or other appropriate
material on autographic paper, a sheet bearing the usual requisite
musical lines and spaces which I lay down or set in a special frame,
Figures 9, 10, and 11, with an open metallic cover g, hinged at f, ƒ, to
one side, the bottom e of this frame being made of wood and covered with
felt. The autographic sheet laid on this felt is maintained in its place
first, by partly covering it with an open cardboard sheet k, and secondly,
by turning down the open cover g, as shown in Figures 10 and 11,

page_text: against a metallic bar or edge screwed on the opposite side of the
board, two other stops i, i, situated the one above, the other below,
served to maintain the cover in its proper position. I then place the
sliding rest or cross board / which is, which is composed of a strip of
wood, the width of which is equal to about half the length of the frame,
bevilled on its upper edge and covered with sheet iron or metal in order
to make it rigid and durable. When the sheet has been thus securely
laid down the workwoman selects one after the other, as required, the
notes or type arranged in a frame by her side, inks them in a pad
properly coated with transfer ink for insuring a clean impression, and
marks them on the autographic paper, the bevilled edge of the cross
board, on which she rests her left arm, serves as an invariable guide to
print the different notes in a regular and accurate manner. When the
usual notes, stops, rests, &c., have thus been printed from top to bottom
on the autographic paper I transfer thereto the text in the case of a
song or otherwise either by attaching bands of autographic paper on
which they have been printed by any well known process in transfer
ink, or preferably by printing them directly on the autographic paper by
means of type set up in a compositor, and inked with transfer ink. For
smaller items such as "solo," "dolce," "con gusto," &c., of frequent
repetition in music, I prefer making casts which I mount as may be
required in grip handles, as clearly represented by Figures 6, 7, and 8.
Any errors occurring in the composition are easily corrected in this
process by simply cutting out the paper at that part and replacing it by
a piece duly corrected, whilst errors which have been transferred on the
stone are corrected in the usual manner by effacing with pumicestone and
re-writing the notes or text, as the case may be. For the purpose of re-
production at any future period I draw off one or more proofs in transfer
ink which I transfer on sheets of zinc and protect with a coating of gum
or other mucilage. For this purpose the zinc may be relatively very thin,
and thus a very great saving effected in the matter of musical archives.
Having thus explained the nature of my Invention as well as the
best means I am acquainted with for carrying the same into practice, I
clain,
Firstly. The method or process above described for printing music.
Secondly. The methods of construction and application of the different
tools above described for printing the musical notes, stops, rests, &c., as
well as the text.

page_text: And, Thirdly. The construction and application of the frame and its
accessory parts for maintaining or holding the sheet of autographic
paper during the printing.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Morgan-Brown, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN. (L.S.)