, 1865-11-24

e0l 11uk, u WuAt yUUz correspondent mas at.
tempted to glean from mornings visit, and
set forth in this demand upon your space be-
yond the usual correspondents lfmita.
The MASON znd Hamltn Cabinet Organ
"A Visit to. their ManufactoFy-Ex-
tent Of their WortS-4lssory OF the
1nAtruM1cnt-I1s TFiumphs aud Prer-
cnt Hank among Instruments.
Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune. !
Eos7oy, Nov. Ia.
Kindred Of the piauo-forte, but Of a.didezent
family arc the celebrated Masoa & Haml!n
| Cabinet Organs, the manufacture Of which Is
also in this city. Unless the CAeng, so graph
| ical1y described by the missionary Fnther
A1niot, as found In China in common use, and
from time immemorial, was an instrument
with free vibrating reeds, We can- scarcely
traee the history Of these Instruments further
buck than the Eo1odicon invented by Eschen-
berg Of Bohemia at the commencement of che
present century.
The ACCORDION and the Rocking bfelodeon
/ wezc In use in this country, and in Europe AZ
carly as 1926, and from this time the modia.
cations Of small Instruments with free reeds
/ vera numerous and rapid in succesaion. 1t Ia
only, however, within the last decade or 30,
that any Of these improvements hare won a
recognition On the part of the musical world
as anything but q musical toy.
The melodeon, exclusively IN American In
strument. had been sold to the extent of tens
Of thousands, but, although of better tone
than corresponding Instruments of European
manufacture, its monotony and feeble eapac-
ity debarred it from artistic circles.
During the past few yeaEs, however, all this
| Is changed Messzs. MACON d Hamlia, after
many experiments, and come failures, sue
ceedcd In producing IN improved reed instru-
ment, which has become known as the Cabi-
met Organ, and which was soon recognized
l., by artists na well worthy Of attention, sup
plying to families, musical Reunions, smaller
/ halls aud churches, aud chamber concerts,
with an approach to the la1gc pipe-organ,
adequate for the purposes desired. In short,
the Cabinet Organ is now recognized by
musicians rs a worthy companion for the
piano-forte In every parlor, and an instru-
n1ent to be composed and arranged for by
those Of highest tepute. Bearing the same
relation to the Mclodeon, eeraphfnc and Ac-
cordeon, as does the modern grand Piano.
forte to the ancient Spinnet and Harpstchord,
the mmense- strides made BY Mason & Ham
Lin In the invention oi the Cabinet Organ are
within the knowledge and comparison. Of all
ofus. We may now emphatically add to the
America has excellcd the world-the
eminent musicians have, with singular
nsiauimity, pronounced the Cabinet Organ
superior to any, whether Of home or
foreign make. Binder these circumstances
ufactory Of Mezsrs.- Mason d Hanlin may
not be uninterestins to your readers.
;; Taking the horse cars for the we'll known
and much loyed Harvard University, aswe
came within sight. Of the long bridge connect
ipg Cambridge With Boston, q large ave-story
block On each Of two streets. announces By
Its Signs that 1t is exclusively devoted to the
manufacture Of Cabinet Organs And here,
from morning to night, hundreds of aftive
and Intelligent "orkmen are employed in the
various departments, r each of which is under
the supervision Of lis own foreman.
In the reed room, these small machines,
guided by Intelligent hands, complete threa
hundred sets OF reeds per week Thcre are
sl1ty reeds IN each set, varying in size from
that the tongue Of which Is several inches in
length and will produce tone equal in Pitch
TO That Of IN organ pipe eixteen feet long, to
that ot the upper reed Of the high Aute stop,
90 delicate that 1t seems as If the touch Of
tirely-
Close At hand are the rooms for the mauu-
tpcture Of the tube or recd-boards In which
the reeds are to yibrnte. The machinery en-
p1oyed here aud IN other rooms has value
bcyond its cost in dollars and cents, from the
fact that It Is pecullar aud the result Of care
full and extended experiment. I trust Messrs.
Mason q Ham1fn have duplicates stored in
some safe place: otherwise, In cnse of fire., \
much time would be required to replece the
same, causing, from the large internal revenue
hr these gentlemen pay Into the public Golfer
monthly, serious loss to all Of Us, not to |
speak OF other dcpriyations.
On another story Is the action department, |
Hherc the various parts Of the action, bellows |
and Wtnd-chcst arc made aud put together be- |
fore the instrument goes to one of tie numer- |
ous small tnners' rooms, where the reeds are
to be added and the dumb wood and metal |
made capable Of rendering melody and har-
m0ny.
Prom the tuness' hands the instrument Is
taken 10 some one Of the fy-fnishe1s' rooms.
The fy -fnlsher II fear few Of your readers will
understand without explanatory Is the one
who fits the instruments into their several
cases, which have been previously made and
tinlahcd partly ia this building and partly ln
another equally large, across that long bridge
we have already referred to which spans the
classic Charles River. -
If Wf step across the street diagonal1y We
shall come to still another department, not
The least important in the factory. Here,
apart from the main building, that the risk OF
Of. fire may be leas, ls the Super Heated Steam
Drier where all the lumber Is so carefully
prepared thnt the Mason 4 Hamlin Organs
~a44 Hs!eJ oe tFubkCN, ~ lnE la4e hf. Fry !
,tates, In climates where missionaries nre In
deadly peril
The vanishing, packing and other rooms
ron viii not care to have described, but you1
,yc: would be delighted, l. am sure, at the
Fa1ied and rich specimens Of cabinet furniture
or the cases, richly ornamentcd with delicate
md elaborate carvings, polished monldinga,
:flt engraVtug9, fancy venecrs and other or
,snaenta atoms, rendering the Mason & Hamlin |
Cabinet Organ as attractive to the eye as to
10 ear. ~.
1t the recent Fair Of the Mechanics' Char1-
table Association, Messrs. Mason & Hamlln,
q addition to the gold medal for the best In
trument Of this class, were Justly awarded
first premium for the best cabinet work.
hut many Of the highly finished cases there
an In course Of construction will doubtless,
n time, find their way to the new and elegant
Ia1crooms Of Messrs.- Root d Cady, the
northwestern Agents for these Instruments,
hen your readers will bear me witness that
have not e1agESSated IN their praise, -
'lot 10 Assasssnate the TYCOON OF Japan
-0ne Of the ConEpIrators Makes vol-
nntaFy Confession and Commits Nnrl-
kari.
[From the Alta California;
BY the arrival Of the British ship 1Iarka-
ay, thirty-one days from Kanasawa, We arc
! receipt Of files Of the Japanl lzsTald 10 Sept.
The Herald Of Sept. 9TH says: 4 few DAYS
20 a wellknown official In Yeddo, Shimono !
ateongoro, Chief OF the Fire Brigades, was
Iecuted by being transpferced With lanccs | =.
bile lashed to wooden cross. The cause of
g execution Was - follows: :,.s
During the march Of the army from Yedo to
anca, the castle Dzeze, in the Province OF l
o-ahoo, vas selected as one Of The resting :
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