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Sir William Preece, chief engineer, British Post Office ; 1878
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5418319 | Music box A music box comprising a blower unit and a flute unit. Each flute in the flute unit includes a mouth and a wind inlet hole for feeding air to the mouth and the wind inlet holes for feeding air to the flute are selectively opened/closed to produce a desire... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5233897 | Organ reed pipe shallot An organ reed pipe shallot is constructed from solid metal bar stock cut to a predetermined axial length and having a tapered internal bore formed axially through the center of the bar stock. A side of the bar stock is planed and a slot is cut in the plan... | 08/10/1993 |
| 4185533 | Toy musical instrument A musical instrument is disclosed which is capable of being operated in either of two different ways--through the use of a rotary record member, or through the manual manipulation of individual keys. The instrument disclosed includes a windchest used to s... | 01/29/1980 |
| 3982459 | Toy musical vehicle A toy musical vehicle can be constructed within a simulated vehicle body so as to utilize a single motor to simultaneously drive and operate a music producing mechanism and the vehicle. The vehicle is driven by coupling the motor to wheels of the vehicle ... | 09/28/1976 |