Patent Model - Improvement in Organs, Melodeons, Etc.
Maker and role
Hugh Clarke (b.1839, d.1927), Patentee
Production date
Jul 26 1870
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood, cloth, paper, brass
Measurements
5 7/8 x 11 1/2 x 7" (14.9 x 29.2 x 17.8cm)
Description
Clarke's patent "consists principally of the arrangement, in respect to the keys of an organ or melodeon, of a series of diagonal levers, overlapping arms,.... for so controlling the value of the pedal-reeds..." (Patent number 105,780)
Collection
Object number
61.47.199
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