US Patent: 5,164
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Musical instrument
"Hilleno"
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Patentees:
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| Charles Frederick Hill (exact or similar names) - New York, NY |
| Ureli Corelli Hill (exact or similar names) - New York, NY |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Granted: |
Jun. 19, 1847 |
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Wikipedia biography of Ureli Corelli Hill
"Music in America" bio of U. C. Hill (pp. 266-7)
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Description: |
| The invention is a keyboard instrument that uses tuning forks or bells rather than wire as the sound-producing component, with a wooden resonating chamber below each fork. See patent 19,296 for a subsequent improvement. Searches on "hilleno" produced zero matches other than references to the patents.From the Wikipedia biography of Ureli Corelli Hill: "Hill had a series of failed artistic and business ventures. He invented a piano that would never go out of tune, as it used small bells instead of wire strings. He traveled as far as London in an effort to commercialize the instrument, but it did not succeed."We have been unable to find any information on co-inventor Charles Frederick Hill, including his relationship, if any, to U. C. Hill. A Charles Frederick Hill of New York City was co-inventor on an 1851 patent, 8,046, for an "Improvement in ornamenting marble". |
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