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Patent model for music type
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About this work
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a method of printing large music charts for educational purposes; the invention was granted patent number 78855. The type was made of wood. Each note came with its part of the staff lines, and with shoulders that interlocked and overlapped with those of its neighbors, to produce a continuous line of music.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePatent model for music type. ca 1868. Balch, Edward L.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
