Year: 1887

page_text: I, EDWARD. LATCHMORE of 14 Stratford Place, Oxford Street in the County of
Middlesex, Dental Surgeon do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
According to this Invention I provide an addition or attachment to the bows of
stringed instruments for the purpose of affording a correct hold of the bow in the
hand and thus preventing the bow from inadvertently gradually or otherwise slipping
away from the correct, that is to say, right angled position relatively to the direction
of the strings of the instrument. The attachment is in the form of a sleeve or part
sleeve which by means of screws or a clip or clips or any other suitable means can be
fixed to the bow. On this sleeve I provide means for supporting one or more fingers
say for the thumb and for the first or second finger to rest in or against. These means
may be suitably curved blades, shields, pegs. thimbles or the like. The attachment
or the blade or blades alone may be permanently affixed or made to remove at will; or
the bow stick may be fashioned in the form of the attachment, all being one solid
piece of vulcanite or wood or metal or a combination of any of these or other
substances. It is specially suitable for learners.
Dated this 30th dow of Sontomban 1007
EDWARD LATCHMORE.
By Jensen & Son,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Patent Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Bows for Stringed Instruments
1, EDWARD LATOHMORE, of 14, Stratford Place, Oxford Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Dental Surgeon, 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 :-
According to this invention provide an addition or attachment to the bow
of stringed instruments for the purpose of affording a correct hold of the bow in the
hand and thus preventing the bow from inadvertently gradually or otherwise slipping
away from the correct, that is to say, right-angled position relatively to the direction of
the strings of the instrument. The attachment is in the form of a sleeve or part
sleeve which can be sprung on to the bow stick or by means of screws or a hinged or
other clip or clips or any other suitable means can be fixed to the bow stick. On this
sleeve I provide means for supporting one or more fingers, say for the thumb and for
the first finger, or the thumb and second finger, or the thumb and the first, second and
third finger to rest in or against. A support for the thumb alone, though useful to a
certain extent would form a less efficient arrangement. These means may suitably be
curved rounded ridges, blades, shields, pegs, thimbles, or the like, but I prefer curved
rounded ridges. The attachment, or the ridges or blades alone, may be permanently
affixed or made to remove at will. Or the bow stick, or the end of same, may be
fashioned with finger supports in the form of the attachment, all being then one solid
piece made, for instance, of vulcanite, wood, or metal, or a combination, of any of
these or other substances. It is specially suitable for learners in order to accustom
them to hold the bow in the correct position.
Figure 1 is a view of one side of the lower end of a violin bow stick with one form
of attachment, Figure 2 a view of the opposite side of same, Figure 3. a separate
plan view of the attachment with the hinged lid opened, and Figure 4 a perspective
view illustrating the mode of holding and using the bow. Figure 5 shews a modified
form of attachment.
In Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 the bow attachment has three' finger supports and a
thumb support, viz. the rounded ridge A for supporting the "first" finger; the
ridge B for supporting the end of the thumb, the ridge C for supporting the end of the
"second" finger, and the ridge D for supporting the third" finger, Figure 4 shewing
the position, or nearly so, which the fingers assume when the bow is in use.
parts A, B, C, and D are in this case on a half sleeve which fits the round, or it may
be octagonal, section of the bow stick F and is clamped thereto by means of a hinged
lid E with spring clip closure.
The
It is not necessary that the parts A, B, C, and D should be of the rounded ridge
form shewn as they might also be of any other projecting or raised form so long as they
serve to keep the thumb, and if desired also the first finger, or first and second fingers,
or first, second and third fingers, in the required position. But the form shewn is con-
venient for supporting without tiring the fingers.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is,
First. A bow stick for stringed instruments provided with one or more finger
bearings substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Second. An attachment for bow sticks for stringed instruments consisting of a
sleeve provided with one or more finger bearings substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
Third. The attachment for bow sticks for stringed instruments substantially as
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.