Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-08-02

turing, are now prepared TO furnish to tho Trade
or at retail, their
GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PATENT ARION PIANO R0RTES |,
which they offer with all the usual An'ses, In
any other nrst-class plano, beievtr ihey DO
that tho Arion Is superior TO any 9TH
Read below tho Article from the u Ign Dat
Iy Times.
iour, says Of the Arlons
Messrs. Manner a Cot "a,
0entieneni--f have critically exhm,nsu s ~,
several times played upon ono OF your atioh ~.
ano fortss. and II affords me much pieasare 70
add my testimony In favor OF your superior ihs,ru-
ments. For elasticity OF touch, Tor the singing
quality, 30 much sought for by artists, ana Tor
richness and purity OF tone II Is unexcsiea ny my
plano have ever used. .: W. Ahnoi,
0rganist Of the Church Of the Saviour OF Brook.
Ign, N. Y.
Prof John w. Henry canoll, editor Of the
American Educational Monthly, saysi
"Listen, however, TO one OF another class, for
| example, one of the Arion Pianos made by Man
ner a Co. Bow your head as tho bass sends fofth
It's riches, clear aud unburredi observe the sing
ing, sweiiing melody that la Its middle octaves
wondrously represents vocal expression, aud which
predominaies above even the silyery .brlllsncy Of
The upper treble. Then reflect that this " scien-
you have at home an ordinary, foarth-rato Plano,
whose beauty Of tone had vanished sooner than
the iustre OF Its varnsh, chidc not yohr child Tor
lack OF expression, nor wonder when your wife IL
playing that she seems 70 have no soul. The In
strument ma we'll as the performer must have pow
or of expressioni piano, IL may almost be said,
rs we'll rs singer, mpst have u soul"
Flom "The brooklyn Daily Times"
"we will say that the Arion Piano Forte Is a
very elegant instrument OF the largest class and
very highly finished. Muslcally, II has a full,
deep, rich tone, and the most powerful that we
have ever listened to. has In higher degree
than any piano that We have met WITH tho sing
Ing quality or character, that musicians so much
admire an seek for In piano. The bass-notes
reminding you Of the deep.to notes Of large
organ. The Middle oetayes are moro elastic and
clear than In most other pianos, owing 10 peculiar
arrangements that we shall speak Of hereafter,
while the upper OF treble notes posssss that pure,
distinct, bell like clearness, that ID 80 necessary
TO the correct rendering Of dIfhcuit pieces Of Mu.
sic. and that also lends such charm TO melody.
The Arion Scale Is from TO Q, 30 NJ TO meet NIL
the requirements Of modern music, which seven
octave piano will not do.
"To obtain power you must have strength. We
have attained this In the popularity OF the frame
before alluded 10, and In the use Of bar In the
direction aud limo with the heavy steel string
ing under the sover-strung bass This bar
passing beneath the stringing and running dagon.
ally from the front right hand corner, to the back
iefthand corner Of the ease, gives strength where
most needed and where most other pianos fail; In
fact II might net inaptiy be termed tho spine or
back bono Of the piano.
"They stand In tune longer than other pianos,
10 effect which we are again enabled. by the pecu-
lar shape Of our iron frame, TO use short pins so
that the piano Is strung close TO the wrest plank;
thus almost doing away with leverage strain on
the tuning pin, which In some pianos, Is at least
three-quarters Of an inch above the pin, causing
pin TO loosen, and often bringing IL In tact
with the iron plate. The construction Of the
wrest plank has also n great advantage over those
of other pianos, In being I, rmed OF four sections
Of hard wood, laid horizontally and firmly glued
and fastened, the grain Of each section crossing
tho grain Of the one next TO II In different line
or direction. SO that the tuning-pins have the
press.re OF the end wood against them in every
direction, making II impossible fer the pin to
loosen itself as II does where IL has q pressure
against the sides of the gra" as II has In all 9TH
erpianos. This, too, prevents the sr"tung Oh the
wrest plank.
"The construction of the case and the con. bina-
ton Of the iron frame herewith, We also claim ne
being new and improved. The left lower end 4
the frame, being Embedded set In the solid wood,
or we believe Ito use technical term butted
against the wrest-plank, at point and line
just inside Of the line Of the tuningpns, by which
means first, great additional strength is gained,
second, the frame being so sunk In the wood, al
lows the strngng as before described) to be close
to the wrest-p plank and third, tho grta desidera-
tum, so long sought for by the trade, a full iron
| frame without possibility Of the tunir pins
coming in contact with IL, is gained.
sour agraffe arrangement Is another great i'm .
provement effected in n simple bn. superior man
ner. hollow bar. cast with the frame and open
ing on the under side and extending along the
line of the tuning pins, has fitted intoit
ed wooden bridge, in which the bridge pins are
inserted. This reversed bridge, being trilo
| lower than the wrest- plank, gives an upward as
| also a siae- bearing to tho strings, and by this
dnfr L. hf al fhaf
gives firm position to the strings that no blow
from the hammer can displace. A similar plan
on an iron bedding has been before tempted, but
always In connection with the complicated nder-
hampers, which invariably become displaced and
out Of order.
"In the Arion Piano we use the French damp
err, universally acknowledged as the best, acting
from their own weight alone. They arc firmly
hinged, and can move neither to the right nor 10
the left, but only in the direction REQUIRED. Thus
II will be seen that our agrafe arrangement is
complete, not only in itself bat in all It's oonnoc-
ton with other parts of the action.
"With other agrafes now in use, there are sew.
eral difficulties that can not be rcmedied. First
the wire strings run through eye in tho top q
a screw, or pin, and must fit the eye exactly; il
will create an unpleasant, buzxng sound. The
same difficulty Is apt to occur when, from constant
using, the strain upon the string lessons In ts
sze the constant vibration on the inside of the
eye the eye larger.
"The screw pin, too, for the same reason ICON
slant vibration on it) will Mt times become loose
and cause an unpleasant Earring to the chords
None Of these disadvantages can happen to tho
Arion agrafe."
We have above given Mr. Manners claims fol
tho superiority OF the Arion Piano Fortes aud his
ELECTIONS TO other pianos, In nearly his owr
| words, and he was very ready to take us through
out the factory and explain all the different de.
partmcnts Of IL to us. We had fair chance Of
Judging Of it's merits, and think the claims Of tn,
Arion are we'll based. It's at least one of tn,
very best pianos before the public.-l Brooklyn
Daily Times ff
All of our Pianos will DO finished with the new
solf-acting prop stick for holding up the top o
the Piano. The patent for which, ms also the pat
ept for the Arion, Is owned by US exclusively.
Send for Illustrated Price List.
MANNER K co 1871 and 1S9 Bowery,