US Patent 59111617 - Piano Escapement Action

[Clark]

Thanks, Stephen, for the info.

What are the implications of this? I find the outline of the patent fairly
convincing, though I haven't modelled it physically or on computer yet - nor is the
Broadwood action ready to reinstall.

My feeling _was_ that it wasn't plagiarized, and my own semi-plagiaristic bent has
been toward Edwin Brown's action (a repetition check is built-in in reverse in its
developed form) rather than the Herz/Erard model so I wouldn't even be inclined to
use this feature since/if it is in the public domain.

So perhaps it just was to the scholarship (sic) of my research that Horace was
referring...

Would there be a means of contacting Mr. Jones on this topic?

Sincerely,

Clark Panaccione