New Invention for Holding the Violin or other Musical Instruments.
Year: 1885

page_text: New Invention for Holding the Violin or other Musical
Instruments.
I, ROYSTON STEADMAN of Woburn House, Hanworth Road, Hounslow in the
County of Middlesex, Commercial Clerk, do hereby declare the nature of the said
new Invention of AN INSTRUMENT FOR HOLDING THE VIOLIN OR OTHER MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS, AND TO FACILITATE THE ACQUIREMENT OF THE ART OF PLAYING
ON SUCH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS to be as follows: —
I make an Instrument, Rest, Holder or Stand for the said Musical Instruments,
by which they will be held in a correct position whilst being practised or played
upon, and by the aid of which the student will be greatly assisted in overcoming
the mechanical difficulties appertaining to the study of the art of playing upon the
said Musical Instruments.
I make the said Instrument, Rest, Holder or Stand as follows.
By means of clamps of wood, metal, or other known material, fixed, or moveable,
and actuated by a spring or springs of metal, screws, slides, elastic bands or other
suitable appliances; by springs or by straps or bands of leather, india rubber or
other known material, I cause the Violin or other Musical Instrument to be held,
by the edges or otherwise, upon the upper surface of a suitably formed frame or
plate, or bar of wood, metal or other known material, and I connect one extremity
of the said frame, bar or plate by means of a joint, guide, hinge, clip or other
suitable contrivance, with one end of a rod or bar of wood metal or other known
material-the opposite end of which I fit into, or attach to a socket, guide or clip,
fixed or having a lateral or other action, at the upper extremity of an upright staff
or standard, adjustable to any required height by means of a telescopic, screw, clip
or other suitable arrangement, the said staff or standard terminating at the lower
end with a pedestal or other appliance for the purpose of resting it upon or attaching
it to the floor or any surface-The said joints, guides, hinges or axes referred to,
allowing the said Musical Instruments, when held as above described, to be adjusted
and fixed at different angles and heights-the whole contrivance as above described
forming the Instrument, Rest, Holder or Stand above referred to.
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page_text: New Invention for Holding the Violin or other Musical
Instruments.
I, ROYSTON STEADMAN of Woburn House, Hanworth Road, Hounslow in the
County of Middlesex, Commercial Clerk do hereby declare the nature of my
invention of AN INSTRUMENT FOR HOLDING THE VIOLIN OR OTHER MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS AND TO FACILITATE THE ACQUIREMENT OF THE ART OF PLAYING
ON THE SAID MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
I make an Instrument, Rest, Holder or Stand for the said musical instruments
by which they may be held while being played upon and by the aid of which the
player will be greatly assisted in acquiring the art of playing on the said musical
instruments-I make this Instrument Rest, Holder or Stand in the following
manner:
I make a clamp (Fig. 1) of wood metal or other suitable material opening and
shutting by spring or hinge (at A) having at the upper extremity of each arm a
cheek or side-piece (BB) curved as shown in Fig. 2 (C. C.) the said arms being
controlled by the action of a screw (D Fig. 1) and I connect the lower extremity
of the said clamp by means of a joint, guide hinge, clip, screw or other suitable
contrivance (Fig. 1 & 3) either fixed at an angle or having perpendicular or other
action, to the upper extremity of a staff or standard, adjustable at different heights,
such staff or standard terminating at the lower extremity with a pedestal or other
suitable appliance for resting it upon or attaching it to the ground or other surface-
the said clamp, spring, side-pieces, screw, joints standard &c forming the Instru-
ment Rest, Holder or Stand referred to.
The performance of my invention is as follows:-
I place the Violin or other musical instrument between the side-pieces (C. C.
Fig. 2) which I then draw together by the action of the screw (D Fig. 1) until it
is held as shown in Figs. 4 & 5.
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. That the clamp above described is a novel means of holding a Violin or other
musical instrument.
2. That the said clamp and staff or standard above described together constitute
a novel contrivance by which a Violin or other musical instrument may be held
independently of the body and played upon when so held.