Abstract: According to one embodiment, a booklet page turning apparatus includes a guide member which is provided near a vacuum pad to freely project/retreat from a plane corresponding to the suction surface of the vacuum pad, the guide member moving integrally with the vacuum pad and coming into contact with a page of a booklet at the page turning position to regulate rising of the page.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for automatically turning the pages of a music book which consists of a music book stand, a number of page turning slats piled one over another and pivoted at the top of the music book stand, each of said slats being adapted to be inserted obliquely between every two pages of the music book, a gear arranged behind said page turning slats and said gear provided with a number of circumferentially arranged slits adapted to be engaged with the upper ends of the slats successively during the rotation of the gear so as to turn over each page. An electric motor for driving said gear is under the musician's control.