The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-03
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A NJ b r 1 G A n ORG ANS,
From " Godey's Ladies' Booh.n Feb-
rld1y, 1866.
REED ORGANS, &c.

The following remarks and suggestions rela-
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:
A 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 Il new instrument, as at present con-
structed, we are 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 judg
ing OF them some facts which will enlighten
them. We cheerfully concede the space for
this article, knowing that there is hardly
family, or church, school in all the land,
but is more or less interested in this topic. We
are also aware OF its being q great misfortune,
a real calamity, to any of them to purchase az
inferior or worthless Organ, ruinous to good
playing, and often q source of much annoy
ance and vexaton. We know this article to
emanatc from a candid and intelligent source,
and thus we give 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-called organs have
the same bellows the same reeds, and the same
general internal arrangement. With the bel
lows turned on edge to gain room, they have
simply put on more pretentious exterior, and
more high sounding name. But an organ
to be IN reality an organ, must have Il wind
chest or reservoir for air separate from the
bellows, into which wind-chestthe reeds open,
and the tone has room to expand and perfect
itselfinto the full round tone, similar, to the
flute or pipe organ, even, smooth, firm, and
mellow and this tone from reeds cannot be
obtained in any other Way known. Nothing
so annoys true organlst as to have the volume
of sound swelling and jerking systematically
with every variation of force on the bellows,
which is always the case where the reeds open
direct into the bellows or air-passages, instead
Of a wind-chest or sound box And yet some
makers go so far as to claim this spasmodic or
automatic jerking OF the bellows the reeds
as an excellence, just as though they did not
know that it would very throw the reeds
out OF tune, and injure the bellows; and as
though it were not an easier matter to obtain Il
much better and more easily managed swell
by other methods. The truth is, any organ,
so called, or melodeon which has the wind act
ing directly upon the reeds, IS nothing more
nor less than huge ACCORDION, dress il up as
you may And when organists and true mu-
sicians become aware Of the fact that they can
obtain those that'are organs in fact as we'll as
in name, they will buy no more Of the obs
lectlonable ones. Then again the swell should
always be separate and dctinct from the bel
lows so as not to be acted ell by the hard or
soft blowing, but convenient SO that the play
er use it with the knee separate from the
hands or feet, and thus always under easy con-
troll. to be used adHbif07a.
The large divided bellows or double bel
lows, is also very important Improvement
BY this means not only can the wind be sup
piled more evenly, but with lar creator ease
to the performer, from the fact that either bel
lows alone will be sufficient for the highest
melodies, thus permitting the player to change
md rne4 thp foot ,t fhn,, tll,,I
bellows is Of the requisite large size, and
having the wind-chest or reservoir, ali will be
we'll AS to the reeds, they must be scientif-
cally tuned and and voiced, or all the other
good qualities III the world cannot produce
good toned instrument. The inquiry now very
naturally arises, where can the organ be pro-
cured combining al these essential and de-
si.ibe qualities? There is only one possess
ing all these points, and that is the .AMER1- |
CAN ORGAN, made by $. D. 4 H. w. |
SMITH, OF Session, SIBERIA o1I, "holesale
Agent, 74S Broadway, New York These |
organs havea wind-chest sneling The whole |
length Of the instrument, and 50 constructed I
as to act at the same time as 2 revcrberaiin~ I
sound-box or board. and having the same i'm
portant relation and part TO perform thai the
soundinng-b9ard has 70 the piano. This feature
the makers have patented, and - Il are owing !
in Il great measure the entirely unequaled
tullness aud richness OF tone 50 highly priced /
by all those who have used these organs l'hev /
also have the largest and best divided bellows |
in use, which is another important feature
or pains spared to make She american Organs
perfect unsteady. q we'll ~ mechanically, T
and, Judging il0n the immense sails u them i
at present, they bid fair to long maintain the /
proud position they have won hy superior
mt rit alone We would most heartily advise
all interested to cali upon Or address Nh ST.
IBERIA OFT, De WHOLESALE 4ioENT, VI
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