Patent Model - Improvement in Piano-Fortes
Maker and role
Ferdinand Lighte, Patentee
Production date
Jul 01 1862
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Maple, steel, brass
Measurements
2 3/4 x 4 x 9 1/2" (7 x 10.2 x 24.1cm)
Description
Lighte's invention "relates to the employment in piano-fortes of what are termed 'string-clamps,' for clamping the string at the points between which it should vibrate and preventing any vibration in the portions beyond those points." (Patent Number 35,766)
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Object number
2015.14.398a,b
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