Music Keyboard Patent Canvas Print – Vintage Electric Instrument Art

Description

A vintage patent print of a compact electric keyboard built to mount on the front rail of a piano, offered on gallery-wrapped canvas in 11×14 and 16×20. As a music keyboard patent canvas print it reproduces a 1941 U.S. patent drawing in sepia tones on parchment: a strip of short keys in a slim case sitting in front of a full-length piano keyboard, its long white keys and black sharps running behind it, with a small control lever set into the case.

A larger cross-section figure on the same sheet cuts through one of the short keys and its case, showing the key top, a pair of leaf springs carrying it, felt pads, the switch arms and contact springs underneath, and a tilting tablet control on the front of the case. A smaller detail figure isolates the bracket plate the tablet switches pivot on. Together the sheet reads as an early attempt to add electric musical control to an ordinary piano — a piece of engineering history that suits a working musician, a patent collector, or anyone drawn to the odd hybrids of early electric instruments.

Made in the USA and hand-finished in our family shop in Northeast Ohio, each canvas is gallery-wrapped with fade-resistant inks that hold their sepia tone for years. Each one is made to order, so your print ships once the size and style are chosen rather than coming off a shelf. It works well as a keyboard collector print for a serious enthusiast, or simply as a vintage music keyboard blueprint hung alongside other instrument patents in a music room.

The 11×14 groups well with other keyboard or piano prints, while the 16×20 holds a wall on its own. The classic gallery wrap gives it a finished, gallery-style edge — both sizes hang the same way, holding securely without nails or tools and removing cleanly without holes or wall damage, so it settles into a rental or dorm as easily as a long-furnished studio.

For a keyboardist, a patent collector, or anyone building a wall of real instrument history, this music keyboard patent canvas print brings an unusual piece of early electric engineering to the wall in a size that fits the space.

Every order is made and packed by hand in our family shop in Northeast Ohio. We use premium gallery-wrapped canvas, high-quality frame material and fade-resistant inks for both prints and canvas. Each frame is made to order and shipped same or next business day.

Crossroads Home Decor is built around one simple idea: to Inspire, Encourage, and Connect. If you have any questions about this listing or your order, please send us a message — we’re happy to help. Thank you for supporting a small family business.

— Eric & Susan

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