Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-01
PRINCES IMPROVED PATENT
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rEO. 4. FRINGE & co. Nanufnc. -az@
~ tn:crs, No 2oo, Main street, uutnlo, Yiy5H
X.Y. Wholesale Depot, 81 Fulton s'ree''1 z ] y
For the of Music Dealers in H parts OF the
United states iia made arrangements WIN 'Eroiio"
ing hrns who win supply the trnar nj our 'Ts.r Rn
Mas Colhrn & Field, lji Main street. Cincinnati, ono;
Bamer & Weber - Fourth street, - LOUIS No. Henn
raj Agents for New ORR city, wa" ian n "on' NO. <'
broadway, opposite the Fnfk. ,,,,,,
Por,sLi. s!yln FRINGE * Cor Improved Mclnleons.-
The oldest establishment in the United states Employ!
Ing two hundred and finishing eighty instruments PER
week
DEscR,rrIox OF TIE MELopEoS.--For the benefit Of
those residing q distance and consequently unable ;oin-
sprct MeCdeon before purchasing will endehvOrto
give short r;cripiun of the instrument The
mad- OF rosewood nitare a. handsomely finished any
piano forte. The key board Is precisely the The
piano gan and the tone (Which Is very bcan'i;D
closely resembles lhu the ute stop o the orgarhc
notes speak the instant the keys touched, and will nd
init of the performance OF rapid pasases The piano
The pedal on the left is intended for swell with which
the beautiful effects can tie Produced The pedal on
the right supplies the wind, and works easily TIM;
child cnn work 1t without any cXrron. The bellows
(Which something entirely new, and for which patent
was granted III December. lsih) is reversed or OK "
non bellows and Il IL THE in measure, which produces
the peculiar tone. ,
bv means Of the swell be increased or diminished nj
she pleasure OF the perormcr II Is sufficiently loud Tor
small churches and is well calculated for parlur nsru
ncn, Hundreds have examined them, and al! have besu
loud in their prur and the beet evidence Of their merit Is
their rnpid shic. But ills new instrumental new lnveI
,ion-ad yet bu; ic known in the musical world and
il fur mi. GILL 10 IL the attention OF n
lovers of nu.c believing that there Thousands who
would lose time in securing one, were they aware o
the existence such instrument and the low price NJ
which il could be suttincd
The following letter from LOWELL MASON, Boston, 10 j.
T. Reed we permitted 10 use:
Mr Gro T. Rec D. No. II. fremont Row, Boston, Mas.
DEAR SIx-At your request hive examined one oi the
Nen,.on- manufactured by Mes-rs. Geo. A. Prince Co
of Buffalo ! think them, in all rrspecs, equal, and III
respects superior to any o'Arr+ &" si!"r kind whicH
.,tl.r Nyifh vprf IN n
tone mr.. proptness Of tauc action of the reeds by
which quick passages may he performed with certain and
distinct articulation of An instrument OF this kind
is the bes substitute for organ, IN church music with
which am acquainted IL" hhL -Na"o''
-Four octave Melodcon extending from to c si5 90
Four.und shaf octave Mclodeon, extending from
.,.v, NelodeGn extending from + to + ~ w
Largo Five octave Mrloicon-Pinno style 100 w
ak octave Mclodeon-Piano style, extending
from F TO : LOU W.
t,so sets OF Rcrd., tuned in octsves 10 90
-. Jus, pubished-"PRINCE'I COMPLETE IN
s1-RiCTOR FOR THE IMPROVED MELoDEON' TO
WHICH is aided fnvurc Airs, Vouhllrcs and Chants mr.
RANGED expressly for this Instrument Free 80 cents
CAuTlUN-We commenced the manufacture OF the
Tmprovrd Mc!odcun i'll 1871 since which time wr hhTr
finished and sold over tonrften lAousana Dntms W."
pust three years. hive finished over Tire Tto"sG"d
W,lodous prr ydr and have nearly completed our ar
ranc.m,s,s tor finishing -Four Thousand .ia"n7Hy ihr
celebrity which Mclodruns have attained, las INDUCED
nca,ly every music dealer in the United :at"s ana ann
din 10 apply cr the agency; but MAKE hn one agent
in ,cl city or town. many necessarily disappointed
m, result has tina: NGar PG !" been pun upon
NcloJeop. LicL rryt manufactured by Rs aud again IN
low, nstrncs- which have knowledge dealers
who have Eccu unable 10 obtain our Instruments nc
raned The agency of other maIuincturer-EefP'M@
oyr If our instruments hich hdd pnrp5se!y bfeH put oA u
;gne ard in bad ode Toll the Inrrinr article ih'y
sr,d 10 the public For these ons we Caution t!sr
,yho wish 10 satisfy Themselves OF te merits OF our eo'
doom. to examine ;iosc only which nrc offered ny our
Ac.u,s or those who deal exclusively in our Instruments
nlipl
hnina ririnal manufacturers experience has en-
abled us produce instruments which discerning Pubic
have superior to anything OF tue kihu hie'
r,anutucrurcd MANY OF the eminent iisicihs oi
the rcs OF New York and Boston have voluntarily gwen
testimonials ns 10 the high character o. our Instruments
which can he seen on application:
All order. from distance win b. promptly attended 10,
sni n writ,nn guarantee of their durability gwen II re-
quircd .,p-.- - ~ -: