 The staves had any letters that might be needed printed on them in a vertical series, and would fall onto the stop wires with the desired letter opposite the window for the word.After Clark’s death in 1853, the machine passed first to his nephew and then to his cousins Cyrus and James Clark.Since 1950, when it was repaired after a period of neglect, it has been housed in the Records Office of Clarks’ factory in Street, Somerset.