Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-15
From tie dkbGny Plomph6oy.
GRAND MUSICAL INVENTION

From ne Aibany Plomgh6oy.
GRAND MUSICAL lNVEN ZION.
i" ".e VI many projectors has been melancholy
@ IL Requires, Al this DAY the ming spirit aud The
enthusiasm which are naturally allied 10 penns i'm INV
man 10 al no"nce himself as the Inventor Of amy thing
ne" ana extraordinary. The patience and ucrseysr,ucs
CT "aieo and the adventurous spirit OF Fulton are
necessary Ia HIM who would benel his species by life
result OF Urignal plans forms or llat OF rniina
u1ls OF OH aud liled ones Hence We cannot but adj
'Te and respect the man, who regardless Of he
",S OF SO many who have irod before him the thoruy
pain OF Improvement, sill has The ioTtitue Oh
phy of mind to spend years In and study TO ian
~ day, whh peIseverng Industry, and lrin The mid
hisut lamp, Nith the vigilance ascIibed to the
ia oIhslhe 10 perfection an idea, from which
he hopes 10 reap fame aud benefit 10 himself ana Ia
country. ~ ss"S Va MS
IneSs brief suggested BY a visit which we
nave iatcy been called upon 10 make by the Inventor OF
h'usical instrument, Ia this city. We were asked a
few DAY since, by Mr. Ppis Of Plain street In ai
al us mouse and view an Instrument which lie has
nearly Completed and the invention and DracticaI
continuation of which lie has been eaIiy nfteen
5eaIs we called aud delighted hy The view az
we'll as the sweet sounds vi a ptand nnsi,.I r,.sIi,
which combines within itself, aided by one p.TIoTme5
only The martial haEd-he orchestra of "A theatre-Ibe
church organ. and The harp. But We shall not deain
The reader fTom the plain umyaris he'd tale Of tbe
himself which accounts for origin OF his Invention
and details the obstacles he in
MS favore pursuit Through Years of trial labor
aud embarrassment. May the private mundceilce ana
IN. pubc sp 81 his country. enable him to reap tho
fruit OF Lie genus. ~
DESCRIPTION OF THE APoLLiNo
Dertp0fiOJi " The NdRie.. APOLLO The Cad of
Slc-EiNo, a Greek VOID signifyIHg the whole.
me inventor Is 10y profession teacher Music but
hol paNlhg sufficient encouragement III that
he has for number OF years pas. gained poor Ivinc
oy teaching common English school He ea,Iy cnIii
lated the science of music, nndcr the tuition of I,r n
h.IAcKsoN has composed number of pieces az mu.
SIC consisting Of 80 psalm tunes in four uar,s an
.Ies, Anu TWO chaunts cannon for four choirs of
zion, consisting Of 10 pages in score yarety nf sn
los, duets rios qdarteties quinetIes &C. Tor various
Instruments three oyeriurrs, i've symphonies and t.
sonnaias % The Battle of Orleans ;" and " p,uy,s Vic
tory OH Lake Ere."-Tbese ten full pieces and ,hs
oratOTiO, arranged for a Grand Orcbestra in ~
ana 20 parts, and also for The piano fone.-TweniT
seven marches, values, set OF cotiIluns number
OF quick steps and small pieces for martial band and
oi sidIi orchestra; IL Songs aud Cueits t,y ttr
small orchestra. ~ "'"
In 1911 he gave Concert at Washington Hail il, u.
chy OF New York, consisting entirely OF his own comno
siisns The battle pieces aud songs viz 1be Ta,s
OF Coiunbia,' aud " Behold the lovely vernal rose +"
aud The dnett OF" william and Harriet being nation,I
pieces. were at this performance very much a1andrd
nus concert was styled the American concert
sihs uf The gentlemen who tue orchestra WEI,
foreigners who observed that " it was AmeTc an nsic
II was necessary 10 caupOn foreigners for the perIoru
ance of IT. NOihing, however was said Inv toss ns,,
leiren OF its being borrowed ausc, or poor coInposi
hons but that tue parts well adapted TO le vat
Gus instruments, the style simple aud easy But few
dlscods were introduced 10 these COMPOSITIONS excen
to set OIL more pleasantly the beauties Of concord
This Concert was not well attended as otefe we,.
given by foreigners, although number OF notices an
peafe1 ~ ihe National Advocate aud Columbian f.
voTahlc TO the performance, by authors unknown To- M.
composer Inc enoiuiBents Of ibis performance were
hardly sufficient To pay the expenses Of Tue performers
and sOue OF them gave the author their services pr1
while Others were ClairOtous Tor pay This ust indc
ed the author TO attempt the instrument cal.d tl,e
AroLLINO. For model the inventor had none exceut
Tue science OF music The author imagined that comm
he but invent machine which could petform ali ,bs
music OF tbS grdHd orchestra he should lie able himself
To perform his compositions with much less exnrn,e
Than al the above aud he douJted moi bu t3t
u lie could complete this machine, that The scl.uti1c
part OF TIE world would amply compensate him Hone
encouraged nun nfst sort Of organ made on
which a uuinber ef experiments were tried aud the
whole excited The laughter pity of professional in
strnmcni makers too much wind-not enough wind
strings too lOng-toO sInailnot long enOug-iuo tick
no proportion cOTTect-nOt like any thing ever saw,
nc. &c. However, whatever answered tbepuTpOse WAS
drafted on scale Of exact proportion. The coIniua
ton oi the whole together has employed the Inventor
many years nlaHy nigbls when the world has bgcn
wrdp IN sleep, he has employed in inyenng destro,.
ing. combining, sc. &c.
The APOLLtNO combines the music Of a church orras
2 grand orchestra, martial hand aud 81 harp. Tie
whole any part 10 be performed by one person 90
SIX oCiaYeS OF piano forte KEYS
OrC0H-lg pipes Of stop diapasOn 40 do primer al
open diapasou Of organ, double dapason Of organ
SNeI-25 dulirdnno, rs hageolels, % imitation Of
birds.
Martiaf and Orchesfra-25 clatinets, a bnglss %
trunpets French horns ~ bassoons 10 serprpts -
flutes, ~ ffes 81 Strings violin aud viulincen 81
do. IN harp, bass drum, snare drum, symbols. Uar.
UiOHiCd--2J musical glasses.
hT. PLtNFTON is u.tiye Of Medway, Mass.
Among the requests in the will of the late
Gov. Jangdon, Of Portsmouth, n. II. were
$500 TO the American Bible Society, $1,000 TO
the church Of which he was member and
$500 10 Tire church uudei the pastoral care of
the Rev. Mr. Walton.
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