Patent Model - Improvement in Piano-Forte Actions
Maker and role
Henry Steinway Jr. (b.1830, d.1865), Patentee
Production date
Apr 08 1862
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood
Measurements
5 x 16 x 1" (12.7 x 40.6 x 2.5cm)
Description
Steinway's patent "consists principally in so constructing and applying such device or mechanism that it is entirely independent of the jack, thereby not only making the said device or mechanism more free, and yet more positive in its operation, but allowing the jack to operate with greater freedom and certainty and giving a better 'touch' to the action." (Patent Number 34,910)
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Object number
2015.14.384a,b
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