Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-09-28
rror. Jonx W. HWY c,Nsom, elltor Of The

orgnnist Of the Church OF the Saviour Of Brooklyn
New York. o.. raH.Jr -.
Prof rJouS W. HrxnY c,xSoLt, editor Of the
1mericqp Educational Moufliy, snys:
O." "Liston, however, to Of another class; for
example, one of the Ariou ri: os made by Manner
Co. Bow your head as the lass sends forth ito
riches, rleariana unbnrrod; observe the singing
swelling melody that It's mid He octavos so won.
drcusly represents vocal expression, and which pre-
dominates above even the silvery brlliancy Of The
upper treble. Then reflect that this Is scicnifcnl.
ly constructed durable instruments, and If YOU have
at home ordinary fourth-ratc plano, whose bean.
ty of had vanished sooGcrihan the ustre of its
varnish, Glide not your child for lack of expression
nor wonder when your wife Is playing that she
seems to have no soul The instrument as well MS
thopcriormer must have. poy of expression pi-
ano' 1t may almost be sad as well as singer, must
have Il soul" sH Ht. BID
From ''The Brooklyn Daily Ti,acs:p
awe will say that.the Ariun Piano Forte, is II vc-
ry elegant instrument of the largest class and very
highly finished. Musicaly il has a full, deep, ieh
tone, and the mostpowcrfu that we have ever Listen
ed to- It has ina higher degree than any piano
that VIC have met WITH the singing quality or char
acter, that musicians so much admire and seek for
in piano. This bass-nocs reminding you of tho
deep-tOncd notes Of large organ. The Middle Oc-
tayes are more elastic and clear than In most other
pianos owing to peculiar arrangements shat we shall
speak Of hereafter while the upperor treble notes
possess that pure distinct, bell clearness that is
necessary to the correct rendering oftifcult
melody. The Arion scale is from 10 g. SO TO meet
ulI the requirements ofmodern music, which II seven
octave piano will not do.
"To obtain power you must have strength We
hayed attained this in the popularity of the franc
before alluded TO, and in the use of bar in the d'
rection and on line with the heavy steel sringing
under the tower strung Lass" This bar passing
beneath the stringing and running diagonally from
the front right-hand corner, to the back leit-haud
corner Of the case, gives strength where most need
ed and where most other pianos fff in fact 1t might
not aptly termed the spino on back bone OF the p-
an1. g.. EH.
"They stand In tune longer than other pianos, TO
effect which we are again enabled by the peculiar
shape ofour iron frame, to use short pins so that the
piano Is strung close to the wrest-l lank thus c
most doing away with leverage strain on the un'
ing pin, which in some pianos, Is Mt least three
quarters of an inch above the pin, causing the pin
to loosen and often bringing it in contact with the
iron plate The construction Of the wrest-l.ank
has also great advantage over those other pianos
insleing formed of four sections of hard wood laid
horizontally and firmly glued and fastoned the grain
of each section crossing the grain of the one next to
it in different lire or direction SO that The tuning
pins have the pressure of the end wood against them
in every direction, making 1t impossible for the pin
to loosen itself as 1t docs where 1t has pressure
against the sides of the grain as 1t has in all other
pianos. This, too, prevents the splitting oil inc
"The construction of The case and the oombina-
tion Of the iron frame herewith we also claim as
being new and improved. Theleft lower end of the
we believe Ito use technical term buted against the
wrest- plank, at point and on line just inside OF
the line of the taning.pins by which means hrst'
great additional strength is gained second, the
frame beng sunk in, the wood, allows the string
ing (as before descrbed) TO be close TO the wrest-
plank, and third tho great dcsidcratum, SO long
sought for for the trade, full iron frame without
possibility Of the tuung- rims coming in contact
with it, is gained. p. .Irfre' =
sour agr.Go arrangement is another great i'm
provement effected in simple but superior manner.
hollow bar, cast with the frame and opening on
The under side and extending along the line OF inc
luning. pins has ltted into IL reversed wooden
bridge In which the bridge pins are inserted This
reversed bridge being trihe lower than the wrest'
plank gives an upward as also side. bearing to the
strings, and by this admirable arrangement an
arrafe is obtained that gvesa firm position to the
strings that no blow from the hammer can displace
similar plan on an iron bedding.hs: been before
attempted, but always in connection vifhthe COM
plicated under hampers, WIN, h invariably become
displaced and ont of order. % N..aa
| ain the Arion Piano we use the French danper
universally acknowledged the best, acting from
their own weight alone. They are hrmiy hinged,
and can move neither TO the right nor to the lett but
only in the direction required. Thus 1t will be seen
that our agrafic arrangement Is complete, not only
in itself but in all its connections with other parts
Of the action. a4- tl-f tf' a.
"Wiih other agrafIcs nov IN use, there are several
difficulties that cannot relnedicd. First, the wire
strings run through eye in the top Of screw, OF
pin, and must fit the eye exactly crit VIII create n
unpleasant, buzzing sound. The same difficulty Is
apt to occur when, from constant using, the strain
upon the sriny lessons In ts size or the constant vi
braton on the inside Of the eye wears the eye larger
sThe screw or pin, too, for tho same reason icon.
slant vibration on it VIII at times become loose aud
cause an unpleasant jasing to the chords. N"''o Of
these disadvantages eau happen re Aric. agraIe
We have above given 1r. Ma-s.rrs claims for til,
superiority Of the Aro. riano Fortes and his oljec
tons TO eincf pianos in nearly his own words, AM
ne was very ready to take M throughout the factory
and explain all the different departments Of It to US
We had fair chance Of Judging OF its merits, an'
think the claims Of the Arion we'll based. II Il
at least Of the very best pianos before the public
-Broollgpi Daily Times.
All OF our Pianos will be finished with the new
selfaetingProp stick for holding mp the top OF ths
Piano Tho patent for which, rs also the patent foI
the Arion, Is owned by rs exclusively.
Send for Illustrated Price List.
MANNER a CO., ISL and lS9 Bowery.
June 90, 'G7-iOgmos. NEW YORK.