Several contributions to this digest have reported on the services
of the US Patent Office at http://www.uspto.gov/ .  The task of
finding patent numbers, necessary for all patents issued prior to
1976, is sometimes a very tough one.

Actually I am looking for the patent number of the Leabarjan note roll
perforator.  If someone owns such a perforator, the number should be
easily identified on some label.

By the way, Jody and Robbie, building up a "database" of patent numbers
related to mechanical music would mean a nice enhancement of the MMD
archive!  To start with it, I can supply the number 1,427,336 that
stands for "Machine for Making Perforated Music Rolls", also known as
as the Star perforator.  I found this information on the personal web
site of Roy Barns, http://mywebpages.comcast.net/royb1/

Many thanks, Roy!

Greetings from Germany, where autumn slowly starts its job.

Walter Tenten

 [ A good idea, Walter.  I will place a page to present patent
 [ data at the MMD Tech site, http://mmd.foxtail.com/Tech/
 [ -- Robbie