The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-12-30
Improved Patent MelOdeons


GEO. A. PRINCE & CO., MANUFACTURERS.
The oldest establishment in the United States,
employing two hundred men, and furnishing
eighty instruments per week.
DESCRIPTION OF THE MELODEON.
For the benefit of those residing at a distance,
and consequently unable to inspect the Melodeon
before purchasing, we will endeavor to give
short description Of the instrument. The cases
are made Of rosewood, and are as handsomely fin
ished any pianoforte The keyboard is pre-
cisely the same as the piano or organ, and the
tone (Which is very beautifully closely resembles
that Of the flute stop the organ the notes speak
the instant the keys are touched, and will admit
Of the performance Of as rapid passages as the p!
ano. The pedal on the lett is intended for swell,
with which the most beautiful effects can be pro-
duced. The pedal on the right supplies the wind,
and works SO easily that child can work II with
out any exertion. The bellows, (Which Is some
thing entirely new, and for which patent was
granted in December, ls46,) is reversed or ex-
haustion bellows; and it is this, IN u measure,
which produces the peculiar tone
The volume OF tone is equal 10 that Of q small
organ, and by means Of the swell may be in
creased or diminished at the pleasure of the per-
former; il is sufficiently loud for small churches,
and is well calculated for parlor instrument.
Hundreds have examined them and all have been
loud in their praise and the best evidence OF
their merit is their rapid sale. But II Is u new
Instruments new inventon-and is yet but lit
tie known in the musical world, and it is for this
that we call TO it the attention Of all lovers
Of music, believing that there are thousands who
would lose no time in securing one, were they a.
ware of the existence OF such an instrument and
the low price NJ which it could be obtained.
The following letter from Lowell Siason, Boston,
10 q. Z. Reed, we nre permitted 10 use
Mr.. GEO. P. REED, No, II fremont Row, Boston
Dear Sir-At your request, ! have examined
one of the Melodecrs manufactured by Messrs.
Geo. A. Prince q Co., oil Buffalo. ! think them
In all respects equal, and in some respects superb
to any others Of similar kind which have seen,
and in particular with rsbpeet 10 quality OF tone
and pTomptness Of touch, or action OF the reeds.
by which quick passages may be performed with
certain Und distinct articulation Of tone. An in
struneut Of this kind is the best substitute for
organ, in church music, with which ! am sc-
qusnied LOWELL MASON.
CAuTIos,-We commenced the manufacture
Of the Improved Nicholson in ls<7 since which
time We have finished and sold over lourtssn
thousand During the past three years, We have
finished over three thousand Melodeons per year,
and we have nearly completed our arrangements
for finishing four thousand annually. The cs-
sbrity which our Mslodeons have attained, has
| induced nearly every music dealer IN the United
States and Canada to apply fol- the agency but
a. We make but one agent in each city OF town,
| many are necessarily disappointed The result
has been that our Name Plate has been put upon
1 helodeons which were no. manufactured by us;
and again, lin few instances which have come
| 10 our knowledge) dealers who have been unable
| TO obtain our instruments, have accepted the a.
gency Of some other manufacturer keeping one
Of our instruments which had been purposely put
ont Of tune, and in bad order, foil 10 the In
ferior article they offered TO The public For these
reasons We caution those who wish 70 satisfy
themselves Of the merits Of our Melodeons, 10 sx
anime thoae only which are offered by our agents,
or those who deal exclusively in our instruments.
Many improvements applied are exclusively our
own and being the original manufacturers, our
experience has enabled us 10 produce instruments
which discerning public have pronounced SUI
psrior to anything OF the kind heretofore manu-
featured, Many Of the most eminent musicians
of the cities of New York and Boston have vol
unfairly given testimonials as 10 the high chnrae
ter Of our instruments, which san be seen on APP
plicRtion.
lhoe wishing to purchase, can procure of A
J. Hervey, who 10 our sole agent for the State O
Vermont, at Nhddlebury, at factory prices 81
uyA written guaranty Of their durability Civ
en- II required
UEo. A. PRINCE & CO., Propristors.