AN IMPROVED TOY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Year: 1885

page_text: I EMIL STAUDIGEL, of 24 and 26 Holbeinstrasse, Dresden, in the Empire of
Germany, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
"AN IMPROVED TOY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT” to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of an improved toy musical instru-
ment with an adjustable reed or vibrating tongue inserted in a lateral slot provided
in the mouth piece of the instrument the reed being prolonged to a point outside
the instrument, its projecting free end being provided with means for retaining it
in any required position so that by placing tension upon the reed it can be regulated
and adjusted to give different tones or notes.
In carrying out the invention the instrument is made in two parts and in the
form of a disc, a cylinder a parallelogram or of other suitable shape and of any
suitable material, such as wood, metal, hard vulcanized india rubber or sugar.
The reed or tongue made of india rubber, paper, metal, or other suitable material
is inserted between the two parts of the instrument; one of the ends being "fixed;
the two parts of the instrument are connected together in any suitable manner such
as by means of screws, pins, glue or the like. The other end of the reed is free
and projects beyond the other end of the instrument.
In order to play the instrument, the reed or tongue is pulled out more or less
by taking hold of its free end, and a current of air is then blown through the slot
over and along the reed or tongue according to the degree of tension placed upon
the reed or tongue the note produced will be higher or lower. When the required
tension has been placed on the reed or tongue it can be fixed at that point against
the instrument by any suitable contrivance, or can be held by the fingers.

page_text: I EMIL STAUDIGEL of N° 24 and 26 Holbein Strasse in the City of Dresden,
Saxony, Germany, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"AN IMPROVED TOY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT" 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 toys and consists of a musical toy
called the "May Flute " with adjustable reed.
My improved musical toy or May Flute can be made of wood, metal, vulcanite
sugar or other appropriate material and in any suitable form. My said musical
toy or May Flute is composed of two parts which are connected to each other by 1
means of screws, pins, glue or other adhesive matter between which the one end
of a reed of india rubber, paper, metal or other material is clamped whilst the
other end of the said reed is left free so that the same can readily vibrate.
Figure 1 represents an elevation of one of my improved musical toys or May
Flutes in the form of a disc.
Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.
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3 is a perspective view of one of my improved toys or May Flutes in
roller or cylindrical form.
4 is an end view of the same.
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5 is an elevation of one of my improved musical toys or May Flutes of 2
oblong form.
6 is a top view.
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7 and 8 end views of Figure 5 and
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9 a section of Figures 3 and 5 on the line < y.
My said improved musical toy or May Flute can be made of wood, metal, 2
vulcanite, ebonite or any other suitable material, and of disc, circular, square,
oblong or other desired forın.
A reed or vibrating tongue a of india rubber, paper, metal or other suitable
material is at the one end firmly clamped between the two halves b, c of my said
toy or May Flute. The two parts of my said improved musical toy can be attached 8
to each other by means of a full or slotted and a slotted disc of metal or other
material one disc at each end, by metallic or other caps, screws, pegs, glue or other
suitable adhesive or other material.
The one end d of the said reed or vibrating tongue is as aforementioned clamped
firmly between the two parts of my said musical toy or "May Flute" whilst the
other end e protrudes beyond the opposite end of the said toy or May Flute and
can freely vibrate in the slot f as is plainly to be seen from the accompanying
figures. In order to operate my said improved musical toy or May Flute the reed
or tongue is put more or less under tension by pulling on the free end e of the same
and then forcing a current of air through the slot g onto the said reed or tongue.
The tone produced hereby will be higher or lower in correspondence with the
tension put on the reed or tongue a

page_text: The free end of the said reed or tongue can be fixed in any suitable manner to
the said musical toy or May Flute after the said reed or tongue has been put
under tension or the same can be held between the fingers.
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
1. In an improved musical toy or May Flute the application and arrangement of
a slot f at the one end of my musical toy or May Flute the extension of the reed
or tongue beyond the said slot or opening ƒ and the attachment of the protruding
part of the said reed or tongue to the exterior of the toy or Flute so that by
increasing or decreasing the tension of the said reed or tongue various tones can
be produced substantially as described in the foregoing specification and shown in
the accompanying drawings.
2. In an improved musical toy or May Flute the combination of the tongue or
reed a, d, e with the two parts b, c of the said musical toy or May Flute substan-
tially as described in the foregoing specification and shown in the accompanying
drawings.
3. The general construction and arrangement of the parts in my musical toy or
May Flute substantially as described in the foregoing specification and shown in
the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th day of October 1885.
Witnesses,
OTTO WOLFF.
RUDOLF SCHMIDT.
EMIL STAUDIGEL