Player Piano Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Player Piano

Creator

  • Inventor: Pace, Vara L.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: "Vara L. Pace, of Beaumont, Texas."

Contributor

  • Witness: Todd, Oliver J.
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Witness: Pace, W. L.
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Patent Office.
    Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]

Date

  • Creation: 1922-01-31
  • Acceptance Date: 1922-01-31
  • Submission Date: 1919-12-29

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Patent for a new form of valve for mechanical piano operated by pneumatic mechanisms in which the value is self-centering and does away with the guide pin usually employed, and an amplification of the wippen so that the striker rod is placed at the front of the pneumatic mechanism where it is accessible. The change in leverage permits the use of a smaller pneumatic.
  • Physical Description: [1], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Inventions
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Music
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Art and music
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Instrumental music
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Musical instrument makers.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Piano makers
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Piano
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Player piano
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Piano keys
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Keyboard instrument music
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Music -- Acoustics and physics.
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Science and Technology
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Arts and Crafts - Music
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Arts and Crafts - Music - Instruments
  • Keyword: automatic musical instruments
  • Keyword: acoustic musical instruments
  • Keyword: pianoforte

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Jefferson County - Beaumont

Collection

  • Name: Texas Patents
    Code: TXPT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Patent

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Patent Number: 1405152
  • Government Documents No.: 02/347987
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1257544
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