The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-07-12
s I IBERIA OTIS COLUMN
A NJ L RICAN ORG Ms.
From " Godey's Ladies' Book" Feb
ruory, 1866.
REED ORGANS, &c.

The following remarks and suggestions rea-
tive to this immensely popular instrument will
doubtless interest and profit very many of our
readers; we commend the article to their care
full perusal:
hundred and one makers of Organs. Cot
tage, Parlor Cabinet, American. School Or
gans, etc. are each claiming to make the best
instrument in the world. Being compare
lively a new instrument, as at present con-
structed we convinced the public are
much less capable of judging Of its merits, or
dement's, than of most other Instruments. If
there is really an essential difference in them.
If there are some excellent and worthless ones,
the public should have some criterion for indg-
ing of them, some facts which will enlghten
them We cheerflly conccde the space for
this article, knowing that there is hardly
family. or church, school in all the land
but IS mos Of less interested in this topic. We
are al 50 aware of its being great misfortune,
real calamity. to any of them to purchaser.
inferior or worthless Organ, ruinol,s to good
playing, and often source OF much annoy
ance and vexation. We know this article to
emanate from a candid and Intelligent source,
and thus we Civ it to our readers.
The question is often asked, what are freed
organs % We answer they are. in most eases,
nothing in the world but the old melodeon in
disguise. Many of the so-callcd organs have
the same bellows, the same reeds, and the same
general internal arrangement. With the bel
simply put on a more pretentious exterior. and
more high sounding name. But an ORGAN
to be III reality 0a organ, must have wind
chest or reservoir fer air separate from the
bellows into which wind-chest the reeds OPEN
and the tone has room to expand and perfect
itself into the full round tone, similar to the
hute or pipe organ, even, smooth, firm, and
mellow; and this tone from re ds cannot be
obtained IN any other way known. Nothing
SO annoys Il true organistas to have the volume
Of i..i- 4
with every variation of force on the bellows,
which is always the where the reeds open
direct into the bellows or air. passage instead
oil a windchest Or sonnd-box. And yet some
makers go SO far as to claim this spasmodc or
automatic Jerking of the bellows on the reeds
as an excellence, just as though they did not
know that it would very soon throw the reeds
out of tune and iniurc the bellows and as
though 1t were not an easier matter to obtaina
much better and more easily managed swell
called, or melodeon which has the wind act
ing directly upon the reeds, is nothing more
nor less than huge ACCORDION, dress il up rs
you may. And when oreanists and true mn
siclans become aware of the fact that they can
obtain those that are organs in fact us we'll rs
in name, they Will buy no more OF Tie oh
jectionable ones Then again the swell should
always be separate and dieeinct from Hhe bel
lows hot to be acted on by the hard or
self blowing, but convenient, 50 that the play
hands or feet, and thus always under easy con-
.rol. to be used nd ii6ifHa7.
he large divided bellows, or double bell
lows. IS also very important improvements
BY this means not only can The wind DC sup
Piled more evenly, bat with far greater ease
To the performer. from the Fact that either bel
lows alone will be sufficient for the Iightest
melodies. thus permitting the player te change
about and rest the iect at will then If the
bellows Is OF the requisite large size, and
vi
well. As 10 the reeds, they must be seientii-
eallv tuned and and voiced, all the other
good qualities in the world cannot produce Il
good toned instrument The inquiry now very
naturally arises, where can the organ be pro-
cured combining all these essential and de-
sirable qualities? There is only one possess
ing all these points, and that is the AaIERI-
GAN ORGAN, made by S. d. q H. ".
SMITH Of Boston, SIBERIA Orr, Wholesale
Agent, 5Sl Broadway, New York. These
length of the instrument, and constructed
as to act at the same time rs Il reverberating
sound-bOX or board, and having the same i'm
portant relation and part to perform that the
sounding board has to the piano This feature
the makers have patented, and to it are owing
in a great measure the entirely unequallcd
iullness aud richness of tone So highly priced
by all hose who have used these organs. They
als1 haze the largest and best divided bellows
in use, which is another important feature.
NO part OF their work Is sighted. no expense
or pains spared to make the American organs
perfect musically, us well mechanically,
and, Judging from the immense sale of them
at present, they bid fair to long maintain the
proud position they have won by superior
M, r.t alone. We would most heartily advise
all interested to call upon or address Mr.. 81
IBERIA OFT, the WHOLESALE AGENT ut
53l BROADWAY, NEW YORK, and can assure |
them he will, in the most gentlemanly and
truthful manner, impart to them all the intor-
nation they may desire, and send them de-
scriptive circulars relative to this truly de-
lightful instrument.