Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-07-06
GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PATENT AKRON PIANO FORTES

which thcy offer with all tho usual guarantees, In
competition with the Stoinway, Chickering, or any
other lrsteia,u phno, believing as they do that tho
Arion is superior to any other
Read below the article frcm tho Dro,klyn Daily
Times.
MIR. ABporr, Organi.t Of tho Church Of Our
Saviour, says Of the Arion
Meaus. Manner d Co.:
GrsTLEMEs IL have critically examined and gov.
eral times played upon one OF your Arion Plano
Fortess and Il affords me much pleasure to add my
testimony In favor Of your superior Instruments
For elasticity OF touch, for the singing quality SO
much sought for by artists and for richness and pu.
T Of tone it 'uno1e'lled BY ANY pIpS anvoo"or
organIs Of the Church Of the Saviour Of Brooklyn,
Now York.
Prof john W. HESnr CAySoII, editor Of tho
American Educational Monthly, says
Listen, however. to one Of another class, for
example, ono Of tho Arlon Pianos made by Manner
90. Bow your head as the bass sends forth its
riches, clear and unblurrod observe tho singing,
swelling melody that In its middle octaves so won.
drcusy represents vocal expression and which pre-
dominates above even tho silvery briliancy Of tho
upper treble. Then reflect that this Is scienifcal-
ly constructed durable instrument, and IL you have
at home ordinary, fourth. piano. whose beau.
ty Of tone had vanished than the ustre Of It's
yarnisb, chide not your child for lack Of expression
! n1, wonder whom your "ifo is playing that she
seems to have no soul. The instrument as we'll as
the performer must have power Of expression pl.
ano, 1t may almost be ssid as well asa singer, must
have q soul"
From ''The Brooklyn Daily Times"
awe will say that the Arion Piano Forte, Is /. We.
elegant instrument Of the largest class and very
highly finished. Musically, It has full, decp, rich
cd to. 1t has in higher degree than any piano
that we have met with, the singing quality char
acter, that musicians SO much admire and seek for
In piano. The bass.notes reminding you Of the
deep.toned notes Of large organ. Tho Middle DC.
taves are more elastic and clear than In most other
pianos, owing to peculiar arrangements that we shall
speak Of hereafter, while the upper or treble notes
possess that pure, distinct bell clearness that Is
go necessary to tho correct rendering of difficult
pieces Of music, and that also lends such CHI arm to
melody. The Aron scale is from to G. as to meet
| all the requirements Ofmodern music, which seven
| octave piano will not do.
| "To obtain power you must havo strength. We
hayed attained this in the popularity of the frame
before alluded to, and in tho use of bar in the di
rection and on line with the heavy steel strnging
under the tower strung bass" This bar passing
beneath the stringing and running diagOnally from
the front right-hand corner to the back left hand
corner OF the case, gives strength where most need
ed and where most other pianos fail In fact it might
not inaply termed the spine or back bone of the pi
anO. .....
"They stand In tune longer than other pianos, to
effect which we are again enabled by the peculiar
shape ofour iron France to short pins SO that tho
piano Is strtrig close to the wrest ank thus al
most doing away with leverage strain on tho tun.
ing pin, which In some pianos is at least three
quarters Of an inch above the pin, causing the pin
to loosen, and often bringing it in contact with tho
iron plate. The construction Of the wrest- plank
has also great advantage over those of other pianos,
in being formed OF four sections Of hard wood laid
horizontally and firmly glued and fastened, the grain
of each section crossing the grain of the next to
1t In different line or direction So that the tuning
pins have the pressure OF the end wood against them
in every direction making 1t imp ossible for the pin
to loosen itself 1t does where 1t has pressure
against the sides of the grain 1t has in all other
pianos. This, too, prevents tho splitting Of the
wrest plank.
"The construction of tho case and the combina-
ton of the iron frame Herewith, we also claim MS
being new and improved. The left lower end OF tho
frame, being imbeddod or set in the solid wood or
we believe Ito Ise technical crm butted against the
wrest. plank, at point and line just inside OF
tho line of the tuning-pins by which means first,
great additional strength is gained, second, the
ing las before describcd) to DO close to the wres
| plank, and third, the great desideratnm, so long
sought for for the trade; full iron frame without a
possibility Of the tuning-pins coming In contact
| with 1t, is gained.
| sour agrafie arrangement Is another great I'M
| provement effected In simple but superior manner.
| A hollow bar, cast with the franc and opening on
the under side and extending along tho line Of the
tuning. pins has fitted into II, 3 reversed wooden
bridge, In which the bridge pins inserted. This
reversed bridge, being trife lower than the wrest'
plank gives an upward MS also sidebearing to the
| strings, and by this admirable arrangement an
agrafe Is obtained that gives firm position to tho
strings that blow from the hammer can displace.
| similar plan on an iron bedding has been before
| attempted, but always in connection with tho COM
| plicated under dampers, which invariably become
| displaced and ont Of order.
sin the Arion Piano we use the French damper,
universally acknowledged as the best, acting from
their own weight alone They are firmly hinged,
and neither to the right nor to the lett but
only in the direction required Thus 1t will be seen
that agrafe arrangement is complete, not only
In itself but in all its connections with other parts
| Of the actien.
! with other agrahes muse, there several
difficulties that cannot remedied First, the wire