[1]Patented Feb. 17, 1931 l @ 7 9 2 @ 4 7 3 UN@ITE-D S'TATES PATENT OFFIC@E DONAL]) E. CLARK, OF SANTA MONICA, CA.LIFOUNIA SELF-PLAYER EOL@T PIPE ORGA.W@ Applie'ation filed Sept6mber A@l,v itivelitioi) r(@,lates to se-',f-pl@t),(,:i-s foiI)ipe ot-gtiis,,ti)(I iiioi-(, pai-t;citllli-I N, to by i-tie:li).s oi' )NIii(!h I t@o eoli(141'ol fi.,Oj)t t[le lisii,.ii j-' of @t,@p(lar('[ plaiio i@oll iiot oi-ili, tiic, 1)@,dil an(I lil,,iijti,,il ilotes, biic@ tite itidivi(Itial illati-oii of ei (,-lit -five oi,: iiioi-c, stol) tat)lets. In I)i6esent player records@ A,,,Itliin tli(,@ iiot,,@ i,a@1--e, wlietliei- for piaiio oi- oryai-i; ea(-,'i perio foritti'on 1-)e-,-foi@iiis a single, iiiiietioii otili@. vvith iny iliveiitioii, I aiii at,)I(-, to cause ilics(-, saille@ I)t@lfoi@,,itions t6 perf oiini oi-ic oi- iiioi-e ,iddit'oiial f Linet'oiis, thiis iiial@iiir 't posn-Li@,@ie, .y itieans of add't'o al perfoi',tti-oDs in ,t i-oll 15 of standai-d inidth @nd I)crf6i-,,it;ojl, ati(.1 wlii-ch can @ be iiitde by pilt'seiit pet'If oi@,,, til-, ifiticiiiiier),, to control and miinipliltte an or('all in tho same manner tl-itt aii orf),anist tn z@ 25, 1928. Serial No. 308,221. Figuie 8 is a ic@rtical seetioii,,tl 'Llii-otig,h on Iiiie 8-8 of Fi,,. 7 Figtire 9 i.s an enlai-gred, vet@tictl see@'ul'oiial 1-i(,@w of ont, Of the electrically controlled I)tiettil-tatic snviteli bai- operiting devices; Fic.,tire 10 is ari eiid elevation of the saine, froll'i the l(@,ft hand sicle of F,@g. 9, with p@irts broken aivay; Fi-ure 11 is an enlargod edge Niew of in at-m-ature v,,tlve iiieiiib4@r, partly in sectioll, 60 Figui7e 12 is a fra(,tneiitary p6rtioji of a iiiusic roll showing how, Niitli@ my in-@,entioi tpplied th6teto@ a, iregulki- note playing hole therein citii t@e i-nade-ti) p@i@foriii a variety of differeiqt@ functions; 65 Figiii-e 13 is a. fragmehtary secti of a on standard music roll for- pi,,tiio showitig how niy idditi6nal holes ctn' be placed therein doeq,,iiicltld:@ng the operation of snvell shut- f6r automatically oper@Ltijici the stop tablets 'table for tho inusic td iiiiiiiediate ly folloav 70 20 t(,l@s, ptilling and cancellin& of iiidividual sul stops and:toe I)istons, one or all on said toll; p of-tliree iiianui,ls, or'tlie mai@ype-dal section Fi-ure 14 is a sitnilki@ -Vie8v s@lioiviiig a spe:m ciall p aiid the eclio organ pedal section. y pre ar6d mti@ic roll - alid: illustfatiiig T,I,itl8 witli a ii-iinimum of tddit-iohal . means how the stop tithlet@ clan be opei@ated in oiie 25 (r,,MeehaniSM I ain abl@: to control atid ina- section for one iiianukl while iiotes are beiig 75 nipulate the vtirloiis coilti-ol dcivice,,, of a pipe played from another sectioii on ajiother orp-@ii@ fron-i a -qtahdard r 11. manual. 0 In otder to full)T explalh rfiy inv4@ntioii, I I have shown so niu6li of @a-,i electrically opilltistratod oti the aocompahyiiig dranv- erated pipe orgaii as @ is neces ary to illi-is30 ino,8@,sufficieiit riiechanisn-i@to eiyibody my ii-t- trftte hoW my inventio-n cAn b @e ttta@lhed thei-e- 80 to f-Or the purpo@e 6f catisino, the A,,trious ventioti, ivl-iicl-i I will now-doseri Figure I is a dia'!-@,rarhiniti@ VleiN@ slioWinct coiittol8 to be atit6initticall.Y 01jer,,ited instead tl@ie control mechanism@ lq-Tld thcir var,,otis Of m-anti.a.Ily operatod, such oper@Ltiot bein,,,,, conneotioh@ eleetrically@ @tnd pne,,,iiiiatically. contr6lled fr6m tlle staiidard pialio roll @3 Figure 2 is a plan Y, ie,@@@ of @ @shtitter - width of record, ti fo,@,v adiiitiohal r"l@tf'orn- 85 inechani,- 'OT)er- tions beihg requiri@d iii sal-d pe--,f6-c@tOd iiiiisid m; roll. It makes possible t,he use of any stah-,IFi(,tire 3 is an end vica@, t'ilereof: ard eightyeiglit iiot6 ihti ic r6ll, Stich ,,ig are Fio-ui-e 4 is a sectional takeii oii litle now for 8alo and@wlii@h iie're origititLIly de@@4--4'@f Fi(, 3- 1-@ I I si,@ried to be played oii s@lf t,)Iavei7 pianos. for go Pi e 5 is an enl rgod view of the a stP self pl-ayer f6r pipe orgaii-q. t,tblets usiiq,IINT n-iahtially opertted; ]Referring now@morte in detail to the diawIri@ igtire 6 is a f ront vieiit of the i-ntiiuals a,,d ings, Fig. 6, 11 designatesi the usual tra@ker f o; ot pKia.Is of @ an oi,aan ---,Iated t6 a ti.aekei@ b,,i r 1 2 13 and 14 desig t@ @nate t tliree mantial over whicli t p r rat music E,,Iic-e aiid it) c giiate@3 tl).e pedals. Til,@ 95 4. bftr he e fo e(I t c iiioves; traeker bar 11 is showrt di-@ided into tli ri@e .Fi-- ire 7 is a plan view on aii eiilar,),t@cl sections @91 indicated by the brackets 16 17 aiid I I sea,le- of a -piieui-n atic sivitch control f foiii the 18, representiiig th@, normal corresooiidino, ti-acker. bar, also sliowing the ihtisic roll @over playing positions- of ea,ch section, ilndicatea I)o siid tra-eker btT by the licrht lines riinning therefroin to tiie lou
[2]2 1,792,473 iiiaiitials while'L'he li (,Yht brokel-i li-i-ies rtiiiniii cy from stid tracker bar to said iiianti,,ils iiidic,-,te the keys Nvhlch elii be Riade to by use of the additional hbles in the tr,,icker bar .@-tnd paper roll beyond the ord-inary iiote playino-- i,ano-e. I bave sl,,owii eigl-it acldi-tional 'I sa'l lioles , t eacli of the opposite ends of ic tracker bar, said holes coiistit-Litl.iig expressloi-i holes and they are desio-nated 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26, oii t'iie liiti(I eilil 10 of saict tr,,icker bai@, @n,@t 27, 28,-29@ 30, 31, 32, )4, oii tl-ie left 11 11 s i r 3 ,i n cl @o a,@ld e d olf a'd t acl,eL- bar, Referrin(y noii,- to Fig. 1, I have sl.iown ,i @of section 18 of said tracl@..@r bir 11, '@or"O' ii,clticling holes 19, 20, 21 and 22, alid also ,,t porti6n of section 16 of said ti-acker bar, including,, holes Oo7 to 42, iliclusive, wli;leh @ir,@ note playing 1-ioles aiid also a@ I)ol@tioii of th(@ left hind end of s-aid tracker bpr, including holes 28 and 29. My invention Iiie'L]-"des th@, additional holes 19 to 26, inclusive, and 'Ulie, holes 27 to 34, inclusive, in the opposite@ eiids of the tracker bar, whicli IcLre 1-ii addi.tioi-i to 25 tl-le note playing h6les iiieli-ided in se,-tioiis 17 and IS of said tracker bar These ad ditional holes are provided for the: I)url),,)se I of opetating the Pxpressioii controll,,ng i,,iecli-anisms -which are usually n-i,,iniially opor,.ite . These expressio n n holes 19 to @26 a cl 27 to 34, ivith the exception of holes 28 aiid 29, cause the note pl,,tl,ino, liolcs of sect-ions 161 17 ,tnd 18, to I)erform var;.oiis a-Iclitioiial fullc(@-LO-Tis, as hereinafter descT--ibed. r Each of said t acker bar holes is conneeled by ineans of ,t rubber tlibe as 35., to -a poucli -enltrg'd cro-, sectio box 44, shown iii e s ,-LI vieiv:inFig.S. Saidpoueb-boxisolOLi-,it'@-io art ai-id is connected with mef,,ns (not slioly',@i), ma ' intainina therein t partial itacuum; 'To@'..re is also provicled the-reip- tv.@o s -iteli contact i-iiembers 45 and 46, IL-he il-iember-,.i.6 bein(r,,tdapted to be iiioved by ,t flexible di V-.- phragi-i,i-47, 6ver an air poelcet 48, co--Iiiect@d i dilrectly to the tube 35, throLis2@h the pisc@,ge117"ty 49, whicii ,,-,,tssag-,-,way ve:i-it or S 4CI bleed 50. ,t@ coiitac-u mjirbers-4r) - Piiid-4C) are connected tl-irou6-h wiros irito @n an ol)erit,inz circuit froiil ,t er.-etat(,-r The tisti,,ti 1)erfor,,t@ed mtisic is desi(,- to clrop aiid the switch iiaeiiiber 46 io iiiove qiiay ,roin sw,tch member 45. The lower sivitch T-iiember A-6 in eacii case, is coniiected Nvith the generator 53 uhrotlgl-l i'us ivire 46'. The sniitch .iiembers coiitrolled 70 throtigh lioles 19, 20 21 @ind 22, are connected by @i,-ires 19', 20', 21' alid 22' iito a eirellit 52 Nihich exlu-ends to a co,-Ittet member 54, cooperatiii- a coiitact ineml.)er 54', from I , - @ zn ivhich e.-Lterds eire-Liit 5,'@ to the gen- @5 elrat6r brli,-h t, 56. The @'@v-i-[,Ch members con- A trolled by lu-he holes 37 to 42, iiielusive, are C6-iin6cted directly to 's,,t-id bi-ush 5'u, by the circuit -",i,--es all d,esignated 57. The upper switchmeni-bers45, fortlie 1-iol.es 19,20, 21,iiid Bo 22,are coniieeted by cii-eiiits 19" 1)0". 21" and I 22" to l'our electric coptrol l@ne-Liii'laties 58 1,;9. 60 aiid 61, til eiilarued clet,,ill of iviiich i.,s s'lo-wn iii Fi,@,. 9. E,,tcli of tlie@e devices inS 61b 10, cludes 9, box or air chest '01 h@ia bellc)-w, connec'ted by a port 61c. The air chest 61a is stipplied with ,,ir - Lincler ressure thi,ou,u,li p C)2, 'Lro,.@ll 'Clie oro@,,i,,i ei-, not- @hoiv, n-. A clouble valve 63 is conliected w-Ltli the flexi"F-)le d;@@iphragm 63', ovei- a poci@et 64, iyi-th 1,),,ts- 9( Pafyeiv,.ty 65 "-o the a'r I-iai be Said c ]:I r 66 ITall7e cc)i-i'brols the air from said ,tir chesu ti-iroligl-i the port 61c to tiie beII6-,vs alid froiii the bellioivs to the a'umos here Said p o doi-ible v,.ilve 6' is controlled-by a inaavet 67. C,5 1,17!ieii ei-i--ro,; ,,zed, s,,tid magiiet attracts armat-cire 6-'S (sho,,iii in o larzed viciv iii Fig. 11), c"lo-lll(_- the port 69 -,.-Id opellip,r It porlu- 70 f-,--om the air chtiiiber 66 ftt-id ])assf,,- eNi7ay 65 to -ius. ",hen said tb.e outside atiiiosphere. TI I,-ii,,iet 6@ is eneraized ancl port 'iO is o-,ueiied n th,-, air presslire operates t6 moi@e the cliaplira(@in 63' in-,I l'I'Lts 'the cloLib-@(,, 63, p@--@air under pressure to. pass int6 the belloivs 61b, f orein- thein out-wardly, as indicated in the liglit broken 1-iiies, thereby OP7 orqtiiicr ,t pull rod 71. '"7heii said i-ii@gnet is its armat c@eeror(ylz6cl -Lire valve 68 is f6reed otitv,@ardl-,, b the air preL-s-LLre fi-oin port 69 y tiitil it @eloses port 70, tli,--reby eqtlalizing t,,ioj@-,res@,,iire i'.l the passagenvly 65 and -cl ,,he ,tir chest 61a aiid alloi@viiig '-he vtlve 63 to be el6sed by j)ressiire fro withip, s-,id checit, and m pei-ii-iittin(y the air fron-i the b-- Iloivs 611) -.to es9,lat- cape to the atmosphere. -li boc,,d a. whole 51, apcl is @N,,,jLiiidon tl-ie-roller,-@ The s-wi4Lcb- rtieliiber-, 45 , il! pou, 7: 4,@, R n (,I R'@ c,.)--itr6lled b)7 tlio tracli-,c@ll 'oi.11 iiolcs @')7 t(,, 4-'-,@ Inasmuch as a partial vacuui-ii exis@'s ir, -,aid ,trpcoriiiected b-), ii-ii,6s 87', 38', 39', poi.ich bc,.x 44, it Nvill be Liiiderstood 'cl-,tit -\vher40', 41' aiicl 49-', to c,)rre@po-@,,ding, fixed coii,t hole of the Derfortted.n-iusic sh6,et r @lc't in- @@,o tict bars @2, 7o9 74, 75, i-6, @,7. -iS aiters with t hole iii the tracker bar,@that fpee clusi@,7e, is clea-,:Iy sh6NVia iii Fig@ I., Movable ',Y sv,7itch ba,r.-,, of ,tnd des,iir enters tl-trotigli tube 35 aii.d passage-,,Y, 49 to the air pocket. 48, therebv liftinc, tli etively, so,' 1 85 86 1 tE' (Yn,,itod, (1'-1,9.pi.iragm 47 ,tnd closing th it elI r espe 1, 82 83, 8z 9 111, _ql Ir .- e e .1 (I 81,7. Lre provi-ded. b,,ir 80 is ppoa@ eircu;.t ide ivith i, serie,- 6f cont,,tct e'.bliienfs,80', ,,er- 45 tiid 4--6, thus establishi,.ig v, dz 1-25 theretlirough. lvheii the hol6 in ti-ic ',-rPcl@er (n its upper side, aiid -@iTi-th contact el.einents: b,,tr is again el--sed, the air in the aiipoel@:et 80', 80'1 803 and Sod on its -Linder side. Mov48 esc,,tpes throuah p,-@ssage 49 -,i-icl @bleed 50, able s-@,,,il@-ch bars 81, 82, 83 d s, 84, 85, 86 an into 1),ouch bo@x 44 under the,vlqcuum ten0en- are etch providee, -with cq series of contact eleCy existin@@ thereiii, catisinu the. cliai)h,-aLy@.ii,47 ments, as 811 82' 83', 84', 85' 86' and 87" 130
[3]@.,792-@473 ,SNviteli bar 86 is also providecl on its upper slicie w@itli, four cii.- cuit breakers, as 86',,, in circiiits 88 S9, 90 and 91,- exteilding froiii the COI)tact elements 80a I SOb 80c and 8011 i-espeetively@ to controlliiic, i,iiaanets, (as 67,,Fig; 9) Qn p@ietiniatic 92, 93 .94, and 95. PLeferri w to the upper pirt of Fig. 1, I, liav,e indi the usual maniier iii.-kvliieli the manually operated keys K, are provided iiith contact elicinents, @s 96, to enga(,re con'u-act elemeiits 97, wit-l-i eirctiit wires, as 98, runningr, respectively, from said keys to the several cont--ct@ eleii-ients 80' on bar 80, while said fi,xed contact eleweiits 97 are coniiected in a ei.reiiit 99 i-unnin- to tlte briish 56 Oil tl-ie geliAl.,-A)iiiidicatecl oi-i Fig..I, is:,q seec-iid iiiaiiiii,.l clesigtiated 100, aiid!a tliird n-iaii itat@0,esi(,,,ji.ited 101, oilly fractioji,-il pai-ts be2f,) iii,,slioiv.iit,oii,idicatethearra,ii,einent, Coiiti-oll(Icl by the keys of-tlie seconcl maiiuil 100 ar(, C()Iltact elei-nents at@lool, coiiiiected ill eireiiits 109-, froin said keys to the respective contact eleii-ients Sr)' on bar 85 and circuits 103 @,iiid 5,5 to brush 56. Controlled., by the 2,-; keys of the third raanual 101, are contac;t elemei)ts at 101', connected by eireiiit 104 fi-oni said@keys,totlieresp,ectiveclen-ie,uts,86',6iibL,r 86, ai-@d b.Ir wires 105 into eire-ait,103. Returi-i circuit ii-ires designated 106 and 107,,connect in;c, with tlie;i!eturn wire, 108 frow the opposite, brtish 109 of tlie@g@@nerator 53. Electrie,,tlly operated stop, tablet deitices 110, are pi@oi7ided: for eaqh of the coiitacts op@ the bars 81, 82,83, 84.and 8@. One of these iiiaebaiiisliis i.@ sboivn in enl,,irged view in 14';g. 5, aiid comprises a box or, case 110, with two electi-oiiia@,rnetg 111 and ill' 5 and a pivoted@tirm 112, on@the@outer end of which is a t@i,blet 1,13, usuall-v roanipulated manually. On:the,inner end @f said arin 112 is a curved armattire 114, coiitrolled by. said electromagnets 111 and 111'. S4id,armature 114 carries ,t contact mel-nber 115, which moves into and orit of eiigagenii,,jit with a jeontact element 116, estiblishing a circuit throtigh the wire 11(i,, the contact niember 11.5, wire 117, and the teriiiiiial 118 wliieh -is coiiiiectecl tlirough cireiiit wirellS'withtlie@gen erator@brii,---hIO9. Circ iiit. wire 116' is -coiiiiected tothe usual electrieitlly ol)erated an - , ipiiou)iiatic switch in the org v,ices to becoine opera,,ble b-,, means of the l@eys of,one-of tli-e@mantials. Mag@iet Ill 1-ias oiie 0.1 of its teriiiinal wires 119 extended -It tlii-oiicli tei-mijial 119@'@ The other eiids of the m-,i(-Tnet i%-ires derignated, 120,@ 120, arp-. coiinecte,-l to the nietal part of the box 11-o'. Termii-ial 121 is also connected with said ii-ictti,l bo-x 110' an(i extends to generato r cl@ @tish 109, th Nvire 103. The wire 119' coiiiiect witli contact,iiiembers 81', 83@, md 87a, 8'ill ai)cl 87, respectivel..I,. Th.e termir,.al Ni,ii-e@ 1212, from. the magnet 111', connects. througli wire 122@ to% contact members 82'. C-; 84, aiid 8@d. rieferi-iiig to FA ig's. 2, 3 and 4, I will deseribe. iii detitil the iiiechaiiisra for conti-olling the s@Nvell shutters of the or aii cliaiiibe-r. A box 9 123, has tliei-(,,'ii a vacuum chamber 124, and tivo i,alve cliaiiibers 125 125, with, a valve steii-i 10,6 foi, each, each ,provided.wit-h valves 126:1 ijid li,@6b, ti-te lower ciids of said. valve steii@is 126 itsti_li(Y upoii pouches 127, over air pocl@ets,, as 128, coiinected to holes 28 and 29 of tiie traelker bar 11, througli tiibes 3.5, Fi(,,. 1. The cliainber 124 is iiiailitained iii part@i,,tl tlii-oi,,gh pil)e coiiiiectioii 129, in tlie il' ticil iiiiiii)ei@, iviiiie v@,tlvo cliainbers 125, 12,-), a-,.,e (- o;iiipcted@througii ports, as 130, witli li,)2. tliei-e iii adjtistiiitjit sci-(@@v is 13,'31.to regulate tlic SIZ(@ of port-,, I")O of I)ell.ov,,s 131. The of is with a (@0I)tact blade, ;il@ 134, ivl)lftli siicees,'@iv(,Iy coiitacts with .i, seoi' t@j-111ilais desi,,Iiated aiicl Nilliell a@,e tlii-ough ivires 136 ilesl)e,@-tiveto,'Lli(@ ii-iagiiets operati.-ig the pneuliiaties, 137, -wljich opoi.@,ite the swell shutters 138, 1.68,,is -lildicated ii the lower left handleorner of Fi(". 1. The iiieclian',,Sn-is described are mostly 1,:nowji iii pipe oi-gan coiistructioli allid in self player piailo coi-istril@tioll and is oiilv here showii- aiicl: Jescribed stifficienti. '@n, y to tble those A-ersed iii the art to iindei-stand,niy iiiventioji, iihicli iii its embodiiiient herel'.11, is contaiiiecl iii the constructi@on alid artal'i I "enlel-It of:tlie switch boird showii in the upper pai-t of Fig. 1, Nvliei-e the vai-iotis eireiiits can be iiiade,tt), perforni ad(litioii,,il functioiis to tilosetisLiallypeiforniedbysaideirctiits. The switeli boai-d is controlled frorn the usual traekei- bar but thi-oil(rh add'Iti,oiial, lioles, sueii as lioies 19 to 26, iiic@lusii,e, Fig. 6, at one eitdi aiid:holes i,@7 to 34, iiieliisive, at the other eiicl of s,,iid:tracker bar. I-teferriig to Fig. 12 sliowiiio, a fragiiien7 MLISIC t',I:'Y POrt'on of a roll with n-iy iiiveiition applied ttioreto, ai)d assumiiig that the papei- is t,raveliii(,y iii , t'ie directioii indicated by lu-Iie arr,)w oier tlio traelker bar, and that the fit,st roN@- of perfox-ations, designated O@ tlii-otigh the fixcd incinber 75 aiici contact 80'., are nor,-nal iiote plaving perfomtions, Oil 11 ',!,Ilutl i'@. as saia'@i-oPi advances, t-he row of Ci-iaiiiber, which causes a@ set, of soundinf, de-. 1- @ei@foi@,itio@isN' causes the,,switclii-necli:inisni to (peratelto b,,,eak- the contacts betwoer@ coiitacts 80' and tl-ieir -i,espective fixe(I bars@72 to @9, ,It the sanie tinie niakino,- contacts 80a, 80b, 801, ,tnd 8011, - ",ith fixed nienibers 76, 77, 78 and 7D. Perfoi-,ttions N' iii conjunction ivit.li N', catise switel-i ,,),%r 81 to move ', therel)y u-iaking coiit-qct between 81' and bars 72 to @5. This f causes the iiext p e i o r a t i o n s 0 , t h r o u g h c t a c t S t ' , t o d e p i - e s s a , s t o p t a b l 6 t 1 1 3 . P e r f O - r i t i c , @ i i s - N @ @ , i n c o n j u n c t i o i i w i t h p e r f o r @ t t i o n s N ' c a u s e s t h e i i e x t p e r f o r a t i o n s 0 , t l i r o i i o h c , , o i i t a c t n i e i i - i b e r 8 2 ' , t o r a i s e s a i d s t o p t a b l e t 113. This stop tablet controls notes on manual 13., Siliiilarly, perforatio iis N'4 in conii@
[4]1,792,473 julictioli -@@itli N', c@iuses stop tablet 113, on iiianual 14, t6 be depressed, and N5 causes the iie@@t 1:)erfor,,ttioiis 0 to raise said stop tablet Perforation I\T6 in conjunction with N inakes its correspoiicling perfotations 0, to f tine@Li.oq to@ depress a stop tablet 113 cn n-iantiaII2. Perfora-cioiN' ,iiicoiijunctioi-i-with N', e,,L-Lises perforations O' to lift all ol the @,toi@ tablets 113 N@,hicli@ co,.itrols the iiotes on inatiual 12. Perforatioiis N8:catises the,oper.itioi-i of i-novable@ switel@ bar 85 and niakes perforatioiis 0, tlirough one of the contacts 85', -with fixed bar '@ 5 to play a note on iiiapual 1 14 as ivell as its original function 6f pl,@iyiiig @l 110 4- uc on manti,,Ll 13. Similarly, perforatioii -L 9 in coi-ij unctioil Nv i-th perforation N", c,,tuses I)erf 0 to 1)1,t), oii in,@iiu,,tls 12, 13 ,tii(i 14. The lioxt pe,-@o-@,itioii iN(I c,@u,@es poi-f,)- 2'@ ration 0 to play a iiote oi, mtELials 13 12. The next perforations N' alid N, c,-,use perf oi-ations 0 to play 9. iiote oi D-ianual 12 oi-ily. Perforatioiis N', N" ,tiid N", coiiti;ol iiiechtl,iiisiiis Vvliieli cause perforptioiis 0 to play 23 -tiotes oi n-iaiiuals 12 and 14. 'Thus it will. be seeii 'uh,,tt Nii@uh iny inveiition an(.1 additioiial perf orations and coiiibinatior-S thereof, I ain able to miiilpulate the i,arious stop tablets au'L,Omatically and iiidiviclually, .@,j as well is to ploy- notes on oiie or all of I the three iiianualls. Tl--.iis, I believe, has iiever been doiie bef ore. ileferrino- to "' 13 which shows ,t frag'giiie@iitary section 6f 9, pi,,tiio roll, I liave added ,ItionS@ 02, 12, - ice of @p,@rfor, Nio and N iii advai the orcliiiary rote i-)Iaying porf,oratio,-is. PerT-L)rations 02 in conj Linction With perforatiuils NIO aiid N" control nlecha ism which caus,@ n s the C-alicella,Lioii or lifting 6f all stops or tablets on inanuil 13, t-hese perforatioiis all beiniii oiie sectioia. The next group of perforati . OIIS 1 02, in conjiinctioii -\iith the next perfo,,@fttioiis N 12 and N'l-, control liiech,.LT-Iisms Avh'.cli cause the corrcspoiicling 'liree tabletq a ii,@ti 13 t be clel)ressed. This sets -Li-P .4- Oil iii n 0 the desirecl stol) t2Lblet coliabiiiati6ii f or the apl,- )ro,,ichingillusieperforatior.s. Thei-e,,isoii I ha-@,e shonvn tl-ic cancellation group of per-ie purpose of clearili(y fo@@-ations O', is for tl tlie stop t,,lblk,.b,c),ird in c,,tse any of th6 sto]7) t@tl,-Ietg 117ere clopressed prior to sttrtin(y the roll. -Tho set rip for a second and third seetion:ol tlle tra@ker bar is not shoavii iii tlils fi(rlire, aq it is Tfilv -ustrtive of @,vhat can be 61 cloiie iAiLh i-iiy iiiv6ii:u-ion. -Ln Fi(Y.. 14, ivliieli is a s-Decially prep,,L:Uect roll, I hai,-e inclicatecl@the t@ifee sections thereOil I CO--r,- espoiicILirg to the tl-ii,ee sections of tl-ie - t rg cl@e@ bar, as w@il as tivo 6f the n-ianuals and C, 0 a! @seet'on of tlie, oro@an. FroiA tl-i-- fore(1-01-Lly CLe crii)'ui6@i of the mee- -4anisnis @ncl the s as to ho@v vario7Li@ stop @tabl,"ts section c,,in be ,tlternated, tliereby permittinthe iiilisi-c, @uo contiiiue Nvith6ut interruptioii, one or iaiore of 'Llhe @ii,,tiiuals playino', -v,,hile the stop tablets '16r the@pedal se@tioii are beirio, opertted. Als:o that one maniial aqd pedal section can be operatilig whil6 the s@top tablets for vii.otlier ininual are bein@y opei-ated. 'fhe u--e,,ind ope,,@ation of my invention may be brieq@Tdescribed ts follows: As the iiiusic @oll molle@ over the '@--rtcl-i:er b,%r 11, tl,,e perfoi@@tioiislin the roll roo-istei- ivitli the holes iii the tracker bar ii-, the tis I ULI., iiiailiier, ,tdn-litt-ing air @ at atiiiospheric - pressure t,,,.Ou(yh the fioles wl-iieh !,,ire opoilecl aiict throti(yh the tlibes 135 49 ' to passageAi'.!,)TS , ln the i'r ockets 48. Thi creat' pr@ss-Lire I p s es ao,,,zin,,t t'lie di,,iplipa@)@iii 47, causiiig it to lift tl i(,, ,,ivi t'Ch CoTitact 46 ag,@iiis@ -@"he coii4:5, aiid cstablisliiicy ,t circuit ii-ic"L-Lides one of the N,e,@-- tie,-al par,,tilel 1-pei,.ibei-S'42to79. Itisassunieclthatthepartierilar 1-iole iii the tra6li:er b,,tr is - within the iiote playno- 16, 17 or 18,of the t.nicker bar. Uit(.ter presei-it svstems, these ci@-cuits thusest,,iblished go diroctly to the resl)ective Iiei,s, a-, iiidi-catecl in the u-pper left hand cor1,.er of Fi- 1, wliei-e the keys are clesign-,ted K. Bv ii-iy iiiventioii, I have provide-,I tl@e v6r-, ticai I Paral',--el bars 72 to 79 inel-Lisive and htve also provicle0c the movable horizontal switeli meiiibers 80 t6 87, and I use these nOt y re onl to contin-Lie the eircuits@ as orcllliarily quired, usiiig liorizontal meiilber 80, shovvli iii @ts -Li6rinal position, as a part of the circuit, but by means of dditio,.ial hole8 'n th a I e tra6li:er bar and in the m-.jsic she,-t, as before referrecl to, I alm able to establish adclitional C, re c y O-Tliiifs for operating other electri all troll(,dii-iech,,tnism within the oro-.tn, aiid part, ticular!3, the atiton'latic control of the stop l@5 tablets sucli as 113. 11 ivill i'low Cesribe how th,'--S 'IS i3lished by meaiis of these additioi-ial f e,,itures wbich really 6olistiL.Ilte the heart of iiiy iiivention. i'@, 0 Referrino@ to Fig. 1 and assuiiiiiig- 'u-h,,tt a particular hole iii the traci@@er bar 11, which opens passageway 37 to the potich bo,-,: 44 -thi@ouo'h o@re of the air p ock,-,ts 48, i@ op,-,ra'uil,-- aiid closiiig the -,Witcli elen-i-ents 45 aiid II46 in cireiiit 37', which ilicluoes vertiml ineiiiber 74, and oiie of cont@tet @members 80', oii movable bar 80, to a: corresponding key contact on a, predeterinined mtnu I it will be a seen theu this connection -will ,tecoriaplish the 120 sam,e pLirDose as thoup--h the kev were manually op6rated. T-his @i's the nor'inal function ullcler the control of tl-iis ptrticular tr,.tcl-,er b@-r hole as folind in pi-esent self -pl-,ying apparatus, with th6 exception th,,tt @l inter125 p6se: in the c eir uit to the li:ey ,L vp_Ttical bar -74-,@ a hori7olit,,tl SYNi'uch b,,ir 80 tncl 6po o--F its be (lopressed or r.-,ised, i.t is n-ot (Teemed neces-' coi-itact el,,,iiients 80', ii-istead of running said saryto describe t'iiis fi-ure in detail. @It wi-il circuit di,2ectly to the key contact. 65 b seeii hdwever,,th,,it the operati6n of eacii T,,Lkin ti @_ 2@ for illLis .rL t' oii tra cl.: er bar hol e 22, 130
