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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1978
Harold A Conklin, Jr, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Baldwin Piano & Organ Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A sound reflector for use with a grand piano to reflect sound from the underside of the soundboard toward the rear side of the instrument, the reflector comprising a large panel of sound reflective material underlying the soundboard at an inclined angle with its uppermost side edges adjacent the undersurface of the front side wall of the instrument and with its lowermost side edge at floor level; the reflective panel may be planar or its sound reflecting surface may be convex in cross-section in one or more directions; brackets may be provided to detachably mount the panel to the front side wall of the case or the panel may be permanently attached to the case, as by means of hinges; and means may be provided to suspend the panel so that its lowermost side edge will clear the floor when the piano is moved.