Rockin’ Patent – Josef Hofmann’s “Recorder for Musical Dynamics”
Rockin’ Patent: US Patent No. 1,614,984 Filed: 5 May 1925 In the name of: Josef Hofmann Title: Recorder for Musical Dynamics What’s claimed: “The combination for a key-operated master musical instrument; mechanism associated with and movable by the depression of a key or the depression of a number of keys thereof according to the touch, and movable in accordance with the touch the same extent with respect to any key, means to multiply said movement, and devices operated by said means for expression recording instrumentalities.” Why this patent rocks: This patent appears to relate to Josef Hofmann’s device to record dynamics […]
