Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-08-09
American Organs.
From" Cooley Lad. Book F.S@rary, 1866,
REED ORGANS .Sc

The following remarks and sugges lions relative
70 thls immensely popular Instrument will doubt
less interest sud profit very many Of our resdsrs
we CONNIE nd the article to their perusal
hnn'ird and one makers OF Organs Gotta 70
Parl"r, tabine;, American, srhool Organ etc .
ctc.,'Ts claiming To make the best instrument in
the world. Being comparatively n new ip.,ru
meht as al present constructed we cons inc ed
that the puhhe are mu less capable OF Judging
OF Its merits, or dement's than OF most other in.
strunenis' IL There ~ really an iiai differ
In them. If there are some e. c-lIcut and .ume
wnrtics> u es,, the public shonid Ia, e .,nr. err.
teron f"t judging them, some iaCts which viii en-.
tighten them. We cheeifnlly coneede spac. ior
THIS article, knowing that there Is hartily family
or charrh ar school IA all the land hut i. more or
lers Interested ia thi, topic. We also aware OF
it, being great M foi tune, IA real calamity 10
any oil them To pur, base AN inferior or worti..s
% KAN, III nous to good pla. ing and oiteu II source
OF much veSa,ion and annoS ance. We know this
atucle To emanate from an Intelligent and candid
source. and thus We give II to reade-s.
The question Is often asked, what are RE- d or
gAhs We answer they are in most cas- es moth.
ing In the " orid bnt the old melo,ieon ia J.yui,r
Many OF the so-called organs, have the sam. bel.
lows. the same reeds ana the same general inter.
mai arrangement. With the bellows turned on
edge I" gam room, they have simply put on = NOR.
pretentlous exterior. and more high BOUNDING
name But an organ to be In reanty an o,sas
must have wnd.ehest or reservoir for Air sepa
rate from he bellows, into which wind chest Inc
feeds open, ami the TO &c has room to expand and
peri CT ltseh INTO the iull found tone simIiar the
nnte OF pipe orga even, smooth, nrm and mellow
ami this tone iiom reeds cannot be obtained IN any
other way known. Nothing 30 annots a ,ruo or.
ganist "a 10 have this volume of sound swelling and
jerking and spas medically With ever, variation of
iorce ON the bellows which is always the where
the reeds open direct into the b. lows or AIR pss
saseh instead OF windche I Or sound.b boa. And
yet some makers even go 80 IA, ; claim this
spasmodie or automatic jerking of the bellows on
the reeds rs an excellence, just though they
did not know that II must very soon throw the
reeds out of tune, and ipiure tn. bellows; and as
though 1t were not An easier matter TO obtain
much better and more easily managed swell BY
other methods. The truth Is, any organ 50 c Ali
ed, m.l9deon whish has the wind acting direct.
1 Is nnf MOI lr.. L. .
huge aceor,,eun, dress 1t up AS you may. Aud
when ofganiste amp true musicians become aware
oil the TACT that they can obtain those that are
gans IN TACT a. well a. ~ name, they vii! buy
more OF the objectionable on,'s. Then asalu the
swell should always be separate distinc. iron, the
bellows, 80 as not to be acted upon b. the han or
son blowing hut convenient, that The PLAYER
can use II " ltll III. knee separate /. the hands
and i.et, aud thus Always under easy control, to
~ used Gd hJRgm.
The large divided bellows, or double bellows, 10
ais very important improvement BY his means
with iar greater ease to ts perioTmsr. rom the
TACT that either bellows alone will be sufficient OF
the lighter melodies, Thus permitting the player 10
change about and rest the tee. at will then If the
bellows Is OF the requisite large hixc, and having
the "ind-ehest or reservoir, sllwiil he we'll As to
the reeds, they must be scientifically tuned aud
voiced, or all the other good qualities In the world
cannot produce good toned instrument. The IN
curry now very naturally arises. where can the or
gan be proeu ed combining all these essential and
desirable qualities! There Ia only one poss .sing
all these point and yha, is the AMERICAN ok-
GAN, made by ). ID. & IL. W. SMITH, OF Bosto on
SIBERIA OFT, Wholesale Agent, 7s3 Broadway,
NV York. these organs have winds lac 4 x.
tending ME " hoe length OF the instrument, anu
con tiuctta 10 ash NJ the sanie Ia, as rrver-
btrtns und.b x "r board, ANA hasinA t,.e an c
Important .eiation and pait to p.l!oIu. II At ,hs
sounding ia Las 10 the piano, this feature tie
makers have paientS and To II are owing III =
great measure the unequale iullness and richness
OF tone highly priced by all who have used
these organs. They also have the largest and beet
divided bellows in use which Is another i'm portant
iaature. No part oi their wor. is sighted no ex.
pense OF pains spar 4 to make the American Or
gans perfect musically as We'll as mechanically:
and judging from the immense sale OF them at pres,
cnt, they bid fail to long maintain the proud posi-
tim they have won by superior merit alone. We
upon or address Ma. SIBERIA OFT, the WHOLE.
SALE AGENT, at 7s3 BROADWAY. NEW YORK. aud
ana can assure them hr will, in the most gentle
manly aud truthful mamie impaTt to them all the
information they may desire. send them discrip.
tive circulars relative TO Inns truly delightful ms.
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