PRO-GEN output - Lemmermann
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And then there is ...<br />
H. ALPERS<br />
REED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT<br />
Filed Feb. 13 1922<br />
Patented Jan. 8 1924<br />
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE<br />
HENRY ALPERS OF COLUMBUS NEBRASKA<br />
REED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT<br />
Application filed February 13 1922<br />
Serial No. 536 226<br />
Sheet 1 of 3<br />
To all whom it may concern:<br />
Be it known that I HENRY ALPERS a citizen of the United States residing at Columbus in the<br />
county of Platte and State of Nebraska have invented new and useful Improvements in Reed<br />
Musical Instruments, of which the following is a specification. This intention relates to<br />
improvements in reed musical instruments and is in part a continuation of a pending<br />
application filed by me July 18 1921 and bearing the Serial No. 485 480. The invention is<br />
especially designed for use upon a saxophone whereby the range of 15 notes played may be<br />
increased. The invention further permitting certain notes to be played without the use of<br />
individual keys so that these keys may be eliminated and fingering of the instrument thus<br />
simplified. Another object of the invention is the provision of means as above set forth which<br />
may be manufactured in connection with the instrument or may be separately manufactured<br />
and afterward attached.<br />
(The above found at<br />
http://www.vintage-reprints.com/catalog/1924-alpers-reed-musical-instrumen t-patent-<br />
17225-17225.html)<br />
(Personal communication from Lois Alpers, July 2007): "Yes, I was aware that grandpa<br />
Alpers had applied for the patent .... Grandpa 'improved' every tool he ever had. At least, he<br />
felt that he did. He could pick up any musical instrument and play it. His training in Germany<br />
was to be a cabinet maker ... He started a papering and painting business in Nebraska. My<br />
dad was sure that the paint roller was something a paint salesman copied from grandpa ... He<br />
made his own with pieces of carpet many, many years before they were known. I spoke with<br />
my brother. You should have heard the question in his voice when I told him that 'cousin<br />
John' sent the patent information. Sometimes I think the rest of the family think that I am just<br />
a little off my rocker. But, I really do enjoy the searching."<br />
.<br />
849 Hinrich ALPERS [849], farm laborer (1924), born 1903 in Oersdorf.<br />
Details:<br />
Hinrich Alpers'father was Johann Alpers in Oersdorf.
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