Improvements in or relating to Organs.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Feb., 1898
1000
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Organs.
I, WILLIAM STANWIX SMITH, of 79, Blackman Lane, Leeds, in the County
of York, Organ Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or relating to organs, and its object
is to enable an organist to produce any desired combination of stops, with which
the organ is fitted, by simple and adjustable means to be hereafter described.
According to this invention, instead of providing on the upper and lower surfaces
or edges of the draw rod (which is armed with a stop knob) fixed blocks as
hitherto I provide in the draw rod itself any number of tapering or other shaped
sticker." Each
holes or recesses, say, two, in each of which is made to work a
sticker at its upper end is connected or jointed to the end of a lever hereafter
termed a "back fall." The lower end of each sticker is suitably shaped so as to
be capable of being acted upon on either side, that is, on the inner side or outer
side by a fan jointed or pivoted to the framework and provided with a heel piece
or arm capable of working upon the end of an adjusting screw mounted in the
heel piece or arm of, say, a second fan, so that the composition or combination of
fans may be operated simultaneously.
The back fall" is suitably pivoted and provided with curved or other shaped
ends to form cam paths against which cams (pivoted to the framework) work. The
cams are provided with levers or arms, by which they are connected by a link
so as to be capable of their ends being drawn,-ly a second draw rod and lever
connection, towards each other. The ends of cams, if so desired, may be made
adjustable, or armed with adjusting screws. The fans may be operated by a draw
rod, pedal, or its equivalent, by the ordinary means employed.
The end of the "back fall" which is lowest will be the one that has been acted
upon by a cam, and in its descent it will have carried or moved the lower end
of the sticker connected to it below the under surface of the draw rod for being
acted upon by a fan. Simultaneously the lower end of the other fan will have
been drawn within, say, the tapering recess or hole in the first named draw bar
so as to be clear of its operating fan. When another set or combination of stops
is required, by pulling the second named draw bar the position of the "back
fall and stickers will, by the action of the cams on the "back fall," be reversed.
Dated this Eighteenth day of February 1898.
WILLIAM STANWIX SMITH.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Organs.
I, WILLIAM STANWIX SMITH, of 79, Blackman Lane, Leeds, in the County
of York Organ Builder. do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in

page_text: what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in or relating to pneumatic and mechani
cal organs, and its object is to enable an organist to produce any desired combina
tion of stops, with which the organ is fitted, by simple and adjustable means to b
hereafter described.
In the drawings hereunto annexed:-
Fig. 1 is a part elevation of apparatus constructed according to this invention
with the draw rods and fans in position ready to be
drawn on."
Fig. 2 is a slightly modified arrangement of Fig. 1 in which the draw rods and
fans can be "drawn on " in the opposite direction to that shown at Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a plan of arrangement shown at Fig. 1.
Like parts in all the views are marked with similar letters of reference.
According to this invention, instead of providing on the upper and lower
surfaces or edges of the draw rod A (which is armed with a stop knob) fixed blocks
as hitherto, I provide in the draw rod itself any number of tapering or other
shaped holes a a or recesses, say, two, in each of which is made to work a
"sticker" B. Each sticker" at its upper end is connected or jointed to the
end of a lever hereafter termed a "back fall" C, which in turn is pivotted at D
to the draw rod A. The lower end of each sticker B is suitably shaped so as to
be capable of being acted upon on either side, that is, on the inner side or outer side
by a fan E jointed or pivotted at e to the framework M of the organ or action.
The fan E is provided with a heel piece or arm el capable of working upon the end
of an adjusting screw F which is mounted in the heel piece or arm e¹ of, say, a
second fan E, as at Figs. 1 and 2, so that the composition or combination of fans
may be operated simultaneously.
G is a spring for retaining the fans E in their normal position as shown at
Figs. 1 and 2.
The "back fall" C is suitably pivoted as previously described and provided with
curved or other shaped ends to form cam paths c against which cams or tappet
pieces H (pivoted at h to the framework M) work. The cams H are provided with
levers or arms h¹ by which they are connected by a link I armed with adjusting
nuts J so as to be capable of their ends being adjustably drawn towards each other,
and of being operated simultaneously by a second draw rod K adjustably connected
to a lever k attached or otherwise connected to one of the cams H. The ends of
cams H, if so desired, may be made adjustable, or armed with adjusting screws.
The fans may be operated by a draw rod L, or by a pedal, or piston or knobs, or
its equivalent by the ordinary means employed. Before operating the fans E the
cam pieces H are first placed in the required position by the draw rod K so as to
depress one end of the back fall" C and place the end of a
66 sticker" B below
the underside of the draw rod A, the end depressed being dependent upon whether
the latter has been pulled forward or pushed inwards.
6.
The end of the back fall" C which is lowest will be the one that has been
acted upon by a cam H, see Fig. 1, and in its descent it will have carried or moved
the lower end of the sticker B connected to it below the under surface of the draw
rod A for being acted upon by a fan E. Simultaneously the lower end of the
other "sticker" B will have been drawn within, say, the tapering recess or hole a
in the first named draw bar A so as to be clear of its operating fan. When
another set or combination of stops is required, by pulling the second named draw
bar K, the position of the "back fall" C and " stickers B will, by the action of
the cams H on the "back fall," be reversed.
Other parts of the organs not herein described and shown may be of the usual
and ordinary construction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare I am aware that
pneumatic or mechanical organs have been arranged with draw rods provided with
a pivotted spring poppet for each separate combination, said poppet being actuated

page_text: by an intermittently reciprocating bar sliding in grooves arranged to engage with
fixed projections on the upper side of the poppet, but to this arrangement I make
no claim, but what I do claim is :-
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1. In pneumatic and mechanical organs the draw rods A provided with tapering
or other holes or recesses a, stickers B working in said recesses and attached
at their upper ends to "back falls" C. pivotted on the upper side of the draw
rods A, cam pieces H for operating the said "back fall," and " stickers," and
fans E, all arranged and combined substantially as and for the purposes herein
set forth.
2. In pneumatic and mechanical organs the draw rod A provided with tapering
or other holes or recesses a for the reception of the stickers" B, said stickers
being connected to a "back fall" C pivoted on the upper side of the said draw rod,
arranged and combined substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this Seventeenth day of November 1898.
WILLIAM STANWIX SMITH.