Patent Model - Improvement in Music-Leaf Turners
Maker and role
William Ellis, Patentee
Production date
Jul 21 1874
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Pine (visual), brass, steel
Measurements
5 x 11 1/2 x 5" (12.7 x 29.2 x 12.7cm)
Description
Ellis's patented improvement "relates to a class of devices for turning sheets or leaves of music on pianos, or the like, being provided with long and spring-jointed fingers, so as to retain a better hold on the sheet or leaf in turning, and yet to permit the fingers to fall off when turned, so as not to obstruct the music." (Patent Number 153,162)
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Object number
2015.14.1785a-c
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