The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-03-14
SIBERIA OTIS COLUMN.
4 MEXICAN ORG Ans.
From "GodeH's Ladies' Book" Feb
fuagY, 1866.
REED ORGANS, dc.

The following remarks and suggestions rea-
tive to this immensely popular instrument will
doubtless interest and profit very many of our
renders we commend the article to their care
iul perusal:
! hundred and one makers al Organs, Cot
taee. Parlor Cabinet. American School Or
cans. etc. are each claiming to make the best
instrument in the world. Being compare
lively 4 new instrument at present con-
,tructed, we are convinced the public are
much less capable of judging of lis 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 iudg-
ing of them, some facts which will enighten
them. We cheerfalv concede the space for
this article, knowing that there is hardly a
family or church, or school in all the land
but is more or less interested in this topic We
are also aware of its being great misfortune
a real calamity, to any of them to purchase an
inferior or worthless Organ ruinous to good
playing, and often source of much annoy
anee and vexation. We know this article to
emanate from 4 candid and intelligent source,
and thus We give it to our readers.
The question is often asked, what are t. reed
nothing in the world but the old meodeon in
disguise. Many of the so-called organs have
the same bellows the same reeds, and the same
general internal arrangement With the bel
iews turned on edge to gain room, they have
simply put on more pretentous exterior, and
a more high sounding name. But an organ,
to be IN reality an organ, must have wind
chest or reservoir for air separate from the
bellows, into which wind chest the reeds Open
and the tone has room to expand &nd perfect
itself into 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 organist as to have the volume
of sound swelling and jerking spasmodically
with every variation OF force on the bellows,
which Is always the ease where the reeds open
direct INTO the bellows or air-passages, instead
Of a Wind-ehest or sound-box. And yet some
makers go SO far as to claim this spasimodic 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
ont Of tune and injure the bellows: and as
though it were not an easier matter to obtain a
much better and mere easily managed swell
by other methods. The truth is, any organ.
50 called. or melodeon which has the wind act
ing directly upon the reeds is nothing more
nor less than huge ACCORDION, dress it tlp as
you may. And when organists and true mu-
slclans beeemeaware 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 OBJ
jeetionabe ones. Then again the swell should
always be separate and dictinct from the bel
lows, 30 not to he acted on by the hard or
soft blowing, but convenient so that the play
ef ean Use il with the knee, separate from the
hands or feet, and thus always under easy con-
trol, to be used nd libitun.
The large divided bellows, or double bel
lows, is also a very important Improvement
BY this means not only can the wind be sup
piled more evenly, but with far greater ease
to the performer. from the fact that either bel
lows alone will be sufficient fer the lightest
melodies thus permitting the player to change
about and rest the feet at viii: then if the
bellows Is Of the requisite large size, and
having the wind-chest or reservoir, all will be
well. As to the reeds they must be scientif-
eallE tuned and and voiced OF all the other
good qualities IN the world cannot produce Il
good toned instrument. lhe inquiry now very
naturally arises, where can the organ be pro-
cured combining all these essential and de-
irable qualities? There is only one possess
ing all these points and that is the AMERI-
CAN ORGAN, made by S. d. & II. w.
SMITH, of Boston, SIBERIA OFT, Wholesale
Agent. 5sl Broadway, New York. These
organs have awind-chest extending the whole
length OF the instrument, and constructed
as to act at the same time as 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
i'll great measure the entirely uneaualled
fullness aud richness of tone SO highly priced
by those who have used these organs. They
also have the largest and best divided bellows
VI use. WHICH IL anotnef Important feature.
10 part of their work is sighted, no expense
or pains spared to make the American Organs
perfect musically, as well as 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
merit alone. ewould most heartily advise
all interested to call upon or address Mr. ST.
IBERIA OFT, the WHOLESALE AGENT. at
53l BROADWAY. New YORK, and can assure
them he will, in. the most gentlemany and
truthful manner impart to them all the infor-
scriptiye circulars relative to this truly de-
lightfil instrument.