New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-20
DRAWING ROOM.

H., Dac;.llv avoid this saIneuess Of the piAnoiof'e
a, ,spsbs of sustained tones, with greater variety
So and SimiuaeaSo effects but not one Of them nnsE
.a,,s harmony az well a. melody. Here, then they
~, sr behind tho piano in usefulness Where non'e' u
~ can be used together in orchestra ehoi or even
.sse ofvoices instruments harmony a'we a' meoOS
,sle with every variety Of musical effect Hence II Is
,r,h combinations that most Of the best musical comPo'
r,ye been written and they cannot be adequately ren
sed by sny instrument capable Of sustained tones bu'
es Of as who are princes cannot keep at our pr
~ command bands Of musicians to minister to Our musical
.,,ure At will and hus the need Of one instrument
AA sbs combine the capabilities Of msnyi which shall add
e capacity piano that Of the Orgtn ard under the
hand. Of single performer better render our most valuable
p than s piano can possibly DO on account Of the Peer
bariaes mentioned.
o,,r, are out Of the question from the large space
b.y must necessarily occupy order to contain reasonable
compass and variety well as from their great cost In
peOrssn fit properly balanced and weifaIuished in m
vel az upper PIPE sixteen feet long and several
inches diameter requisite to produce the single lowest
. tones to produced higher bat n single fa stop
here must be si1y-Ope pipes and reasonably sAaaeioFy
Epeorgan contain several stops it is obvious that
large amount space must be occupied by such an instrument
no. to mention the expense involved q Is cOnrnct2n FOR
private houses. therefore, TO save space and eIpnset ba
t.s luszy and even necessary omit the heavier stops
eqorns these large ppesi and disprOPsrtonsd. H.
balanced instruments have been the resa without after all
,tsng ocient cOwpsctnes, and economy render them
generally available.
This in.uperable difficulty, with minor ones, has
prevented the pipe from becoming popular psTor
inssruments.
For long time it has appeared probable TO those who
wei, eogzant of such matters that II the desired instrument
whsh should be miniature Of the great pipe organ
,yome of the orchestra, were ever produced mus; b
b5 the Improvement and development Of some torn q in
rsment in which the produced by Ieds Thes
supy sle space, readily controlled and do not invo
sy ges. expense. Hence much time and ingenuity hav
been giyen To experiments in this direction. The chic
GAeulty 10 be overcome not tn1ng being nothn
ss than poor una,rsctive quality Of tone. The teri
ssDdemnAsion And then there were other shorteOming
Rsreeiy ess importsnt.
Iis purpose attempt any auson eyen to the in
venerable experiments which have been made in the
many years to overcome this raieal defect ss well th
ober Deficiencies IN reed instruments. Their la
been various and not always encouraging though progress
made RON time TO time the resu OF which the public had
ne shape fmelodeons hsImOriums and reed organs Of
1t is only within few years, however that rec
hEunsnts have attained such degree of excellence
merit OF receive much attention from musical eonaoinew,
Bat within these few years such material progress has bee
uals by the weknown manufacturers, Messrs. MASON
HANy Boston, to!pace the instruments made by then
higher level and to decide the question that the piano
trs longer to hold the only prominent place house
tdlnnrumen, These manufacturers have worked th,
adprod1eDg Of the best quay-tones Of surpas
ngErsy md richness-from reeds, and have otherwise
tfousai he Instruments for which they have adopted the
'pP'oPrtis name cabinet Organs" to such degree o
siessaes h they exciting much interest In musical
e'es 'ad e already becoming the fashion with those who
''u0t IN these Cabinet Organs we have the ong.sough;
a'roHen' Of sustained tones, which is hereafter to divide
~eipsn'iors the musical honon Of the drswingToom
's attractions 0fthese new instruments are their really
'' tones which capable of being sustained indef-
va which have considerable variety In character.
We psnormer has their degree Of loudness always easily
D~'0a 20 he can, ct will produce what are technically
0ne', eresceHdOs dinianeHdos, ETC. Here then,
Hs principal requirements Of the long needed instru.
''''s''ins the capacity which the piano lack. Almost
nO'e' As well as the msoriy Of Transcription from
'ss and various orchestral compositions find better In
'"''n IN The Cabinet Organ hsn they before had from
age instrument As compared with the large pipe
'0e'e new instruments ae, Of course lsc.pe IN power
saaoeur. On the other hand, they have ,o,cb more
u'''fsnos and need not shrink from comparison o.
ssasliy oftones.
'1s Of the Cabinet ofgsn averages not half that of .e
while the shape affords opportunity for eleean. de-
'erior finish Of which i.s makers have svs,lod ,s,
"~ with much good taste.
50 many respects compared or eor,,..,., ,s.
omsrt with the psnoforte le. US guard h,o.
mat II slikely in any way to displace the latter
We rather adopt Mr. Gottscbalk's view ,hs, d..
-" Vsan Is an admirable complement to the o,sno.
"sa better interpreter Of many deligb,ful Gamma.
Ssi' .nIGrDg the field Of home mu,Ic.n