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Patents Acquired from 1950 to 1974

Application Inventor(s) Title; Invention Claimed;
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Letters Patent
File Date Number     Grant Date Number
Aug 26, 1953
26,595
Walter Dorwin Teague

Charles A. Jerabek
"Grand Piano"; design for grand piano
Apr 12, 1955
Des. 174,477
Oct 17, 1956 --- Walter Günther "Grand Piano Action With Means for Adjusting the Touch Weight Resistance of the Keys"; corresponds to 2,911,874 Aug 27, 1959 Ger. 1,064,325
Oct 15, 1957 690,256 Walter Günther "Means for Adjusting the Touch of Keys in Pianos and Like Musical Instruments"; corresponds to Ger. 1,064,325 Nov 10, 1959 2,911,874
Nov 20, 1959 854,375 Frank H. Walsh "Wrestplanks"; hexagrip wrestplank (pin block) May 28, 1963 3,091,149
Mar 05, 1962 177,399 Theodore D. Steinway "Piano Action Bushing Assembly"; fluorocarbon resin ("permafree") bushing assembly for piano action Mar 15, 1966 3,240,095