Rest for Piano or Organ.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Wrist Rest for Piano or Organ.
JANE MARIA DOVE 53 St. Paul's Road Tottenham Teacher of Music do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
It
A wrist rest for regulating the height to which the wrist should be held whilst
playing piano or organ. Especially invented for use of beginners or learners.
can be regulated by levers & screws to the height required & is made to screw on
under lock or keyboard of piano or organ & fold up so as to be out of sight and
out of way of performer when not required for use. It is made of walnut or other
woods, brass, nickel, celluloid or any other suitable material and to swing on hinges
& regulated by levers slides & brass thumb screws and subject to slight alterations
and improvements.
Dated this 5th day of September 1895
JANE MARIA DOVE.
JANE MARIA DOVE 53 St. Paul's Road Tottenham Teacher of Music 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:—
A. wrist rest for regulating the height the wrist should be held whilst playing
piano or organ. Especially invented for use of beginners or learners-it can be
regulated by levers and screws to the height required and is made to screw on
under lock or key board of piano or organ and fold up so as to be out of sight and out
of way of performers when not required for use; it is made of walnut or other
wood, brass nickel, celluloid, or any other suitable materials, and to swing on hinges
and regulated by levers slides brass thumb screws and the like and subject to slight
alterations and improvements, and is to be called and known as the "Wrist rest
for piano or organ.
In order that my said invention may be most fully understood and readily carried
into effect, will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
My invention is represented by the accompanying drawings-the same letters
and references indicate the same parts in all the figures.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my attachable and detachable wrist rest fixed to
the underside of the keyboard of a piano or organ.
Fig. 2. shews a side elevation of same, and is represented in another position
by dotted lines, and also shews the rest folded up to its position when not in use.
Fig. 3 shews a plan of same.
Fig. 4 is a side elevation shewing wrist rest in its folded position when not
in use

page_text: Fig. 5 is a plan shewing another arrangement-a double set being used one at
each end of keyboard.
Fig. 6 is a side elevation shewing wrist bar in its two positions, the bar being
made of round section.
Referring to these figures (A) is the wrist bar made of wood, brass, nickel,
celluloid, or any other material of round, oval, flat, or half round section it is made
to any length so as to suit any piano or organ; this wrist bar (A) is secured by
means of screws (B) in the jaws (C) of the two swinging levers (D) (D) which
are supported at their other ends on the bolt (E). On this bolt (E) are also
supported two other swinging bars (F) (F) these bars and levers being secured by
means of the thumb screw (G). A distance piece (H) being placed between the
swinging bars (F) (F) to give strength and keep these bars in position when
tightening up the thumb screw (G). The other ends of the swinging bars (F) (F)
are supported by means of a bolt (J) which runs in two gun metal bearings (K) (K)
and are secured thereto by means of the thumb screw (L), another distance
piece (M) being fixed between the bearings (K) (K) also to give strength when
tightening up the thumb screw (L). These bearings (K) (K) are firmly fixed to
a wooden slab (N) of walnut or other material, and by simply screwing this wooden
slab (N) (with its bearings and swinging bars and levers attached) to the underside
of the keyboard of piano or organ as shewn in Figs. 1-2-3 and 4-I form a
folding wrist rest capable of being swung into any desired position for playing the
piano and easily folded out of sight and underneath the keyboard as shewn when
not in use.
Being attached to piano or organ as described it is always ready when required
for use, and is a very useful attachment, it being very desirable when teaching
children the piano to keep ther wrists well away from the keyboard.
A double set of these fittings as shewn in Fig. 5 or if desired 3 sets can be fitted,
all made as before described and to fold out of sight when not in use.
I can adjust these wrist rests to any desired position by simply slackening and
tightening up the thumb screws (G) and (L).
The swinging levers (D) (D) and swinging arms (F) (F) can be made any length
so as to suit different makes of pianos and organs and can be made of brass, nickel,
or any other suitable material.
When folded under the keyboard out of sight the wrist rest is held in position by
tightening up the thumb screws (G) and (L).
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 that what I
claim is
Firstly. The attachment of a wrist rest to a piano or organ as illustrated and
described.
Secondly. The arrangement of swinging levers and bolts, actuated by thumb
screws all for the purposes, and in the manner as illustrated and described.
Dated this 19th day of March 1896.
ΠΑΝΕ ΜΑΛΑ ΓΟΥΝ.