Patent Model - Improvement in Swells for Pipe-Organs
Maker and role
Francis Hastings (b.1836, d.1916), Patentee
Production date
Dec 03 1872
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Media/Materials
Wood, textile, leather, steel, paint
Measurements
3 1/2 x 4 5/8 x 8 3/4" (8.9 x 11.7 x 22.2cm)
Description
Hastings's invention relates to "pipe-organs or those having a forcing-bellows in contradistinction from the reed-organs, having the air drawn through by suction, and embraces the use of a supplementary air-reservoir, by means of which, aided by a valve controlled by the organist, the wind-pressure is varied at will..." (Patent Number 133,531)
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Object number
2015.14.1505a,b
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