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The San Saba News
San Saba, San Saba County, Texas
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Mr. William Edward Wood, employed in the Capitol architect's office, publicly demonstrated his invention: a typewriter electrically connected to bells that produces musical sounds at the stage mechanics' benefit. The sounds are sweet but best heard from a distance.—Washington Star.
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Typewriting machines that will write and print have been common for some time, but the first typewriter that can be so operated as to produce musical sounds made its first appearance in public at the stage mechanics' benefit. The inventor is Mr. William Edward Wood, who is employed in the office of the architect of the Capitol. The instrument is an ordinary one, but some of its keys are electrically connected with a large and melodious assortment of bells arranged beneath the table. Pressure upon the keys operates a resistance coil and the result is a succession of remarkably sweet sounds. The beauty of the music is not so apparent unless the listener is some distance from the instrument.—Washington Star.
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The first public appearance of a typewriter modified to produce musical sounds via electrical connection to bells, invented by Mr. William Edward Wood, occurred at the stage mechanics' benefit. The instrument uses an ordinary typewriter with keys operating a resistance coil to produce sweet sounds from bells beneath the table, best appreciated from a distance.