The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-09-21
American Pianos NJ the Paris
Exposition.

The pana- from the United State repre-znt
rNJ entirely different -~ysteEa- u ou1-tEgctIJu- but
all hzve q full frame Vt ea-t irDn. Which invention
W. Iatentsi and fret applied a. Early a. tie
YEAR I-S. By Alpheus Ebe-k Of Philadelphia,
. quar- Piano
Win the ezeepti5u of q fol- iFOa frame, the
Grand PAM fran BDstOn are constructed wItii
parallel string On the same plan D. the EgrDIsan
Grand. bot are much superior - re latter II
workmanship. and quantity. and quality u tone.
itbDut, however, wishing - tetrbet from tie
HerIts u OIher maker, / mE-r zay thai the
Plane exhibited b. S~teinW4y 4 >Jl- % New
York haze. through the marvellous grandeur #
their tine, Sud the novelty Of tLeIr construction,
excited bg far tie gTezte-t w0nierInsnt and al
mir4tiDn Of alike p~iaDo-maker-. musicians, prO-
~fe--iOnaI artist, and the general musical public
abb surround tie Sieinway Instruments II ceE-e
crD <d- from morning % uIgst. >teElen Heller,
krugeE, Alfred Jsel, Ritter, LAyignGe, and neaEiy
al the leading artists ia Pans have performed u
thee pIanOs- and exhibit a decided preference tor
them over ans otLer- IN the Exposition The
ysnersbIs compoeer Ko--ini, WIN suN prid= him
self Dot q little On Ms PIanO-Paying, recently
examined the >ieInsay PAM, and frankly ex-
pressed hl- sst0EI=hment and delight a. their
prJdigiOGs sOuOrity-yst az tie SANE time exceed
inzly musical and - singing quality Of their
tJns-Which enables tie pianist o produce az
WiI any grad4tiOn Of light AID st2de tECn the
met delieztely whispered phrase u the graEdei
orchestral stect-- The S~teIuway Grand Plane
have been played On quite a number Of times IL
tie bet eJneert= mere, AMI are eagerly sought
after for thee Puroees by the met eminent az
list now m PATi-.
Nearly all tie piano manufactures 10 Pari=-
the great Erari ineludei-kaye already CON-
u5enosd - build Instruments on >Jeinway'- new
system, and there i bat little doubt that within
a feS year. the old method Of constructing piauu-
vii be a. thoroughly superseded and exPiDded ia
Europe a. IL Il IN America, a. neArly all the
PranO-m4kers reTre-ented al the Exposition freely
aeknDN1rige the sgIeriprIty VI vibration, ami
other manifest advantage resulting from Stein
way Over-trung construction. together With the
APPLICATION Of the AgTafez. and their latest and
H40-t important invention Of the regulation Of tie
ten-iDH VI the --JgndIng-bDaTd
1hse masterpieces Of ingenuity and mecian-
teal -kIl mu-t be seen and heard o be appre-
eiatsi, and their wonder will cease at the an
nouneenent that the firm Of Steinway Il sons
have, IN the comparatively brief space Of - years,
suecseted IN building up the largest piano manu-
featuring establishment IN tie world.
America may justly feel proud Of the signal
and decided victory achieved by two Of her exhib-
itOr-, eXIDnent- Of the new and I'D style Of con
s~tTIetIng pianos, for in this branch Of art indus
Try, IN a EGrOIean city, n European Jury has
awarded them the prizes Of honor in fair eOmIe-
tItiOn With over three hundred European Instru-
Hents.-P0rs Cor. Vienna LLOyds.