Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-06-29
GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PATENT AKRON PIANO FORTES.

which thoy offer with all the usual guarantees, In
competition with the slcnway, Chiek-ring, or any
other hrst'ciass piano. believing they do that tho
AriOn IN superior 10 any other.
Read below the article frem the bro lklyn Daily
Times.
Mn. ABBOTT, organlst Of tho Church Of Our
Saviour, says Of the Arion;
Me'us Manner & Co.
GESrLEMES IL have critically examined aud sew.
crol times played upon ono Of your Arion Piano
FOrtos, and Il affords me much pleasure TO add INV
testimony In favor Of your superior Instruments
For elasticity Of touch, for the Singing quality, 50
much sought for by artists, aud for richness and pu.
rity of tone 1t iSuncsccllcd by any piano have ever
used. j. VI. ABBOTT,
Orgnust Of the Church OF the saviour Of Brooklyn.
New York.
Prof joins ". Henry CASSoLL editor Of tho
incricdn Educational Monthly, says
50 "Listcn, however, to one Of another class for
example, ono of the ArOn Pianos made by Manner
& Co. Bow your head as tho bass sends forth its
Riches clear aud unblurrod observe tho singing,
swelling melody that In its middle octayes won.
drcuHly represents vocal expression, aud which pre-
dominates above the silyory brilliancy Of tho
upper treble Then reflect that this is scichthcai.
ly constructed durable instrument, and II you have
at home an ordinary, fourth-rao piano, whose bcau
ty of tone had vanished sooner than the ustro OF Its
varnsh, chdo your child for lack of expression,
nor wonder when your wife Is playing that sho
seems to have no soul. The instrument rs well Ms
the performer must have power of expression pi-
ano, II may almost be said as well us q singer, must
have soul"
From ''The BROOKLYN Daily Times"
ave will say that the Arion Piano Forte, Is AVE-
~ elegant instrument Of the largest class and very
| highly finished Muscay, 1t has full, deep, rich
tome and the most powerful that we have listen
| ed to- 1t has in higher degree than any piano
that we have met with the singing quality or char
| acter, that musicians much admire and seek for
| In piano. The bass-notes reminding you Of tho
dcep-toned notes Of large organ: The Middle o.
taves arc more elastic and clear than In most other
pianos, owing to peculiar arrangements that we shall
| speak Of hereafter, while the upper treble notes
possess that pure distinct belke cIearness that
so necessary to the correct rendering Of difficult
pieces Of music, and that also lends such charm to
melody. The Arion scale is from to q, to meet
all the requirements ofniodern music, which seven
| octave piano will not do.
| "TO obtain power you must have strength Wo
haved attained this In the peculiarly of the franc
before alluded TO, and In tho use of bar in the d.
rcction and on line with the heavy steel sringing
under the tower strung bass" This bar passing
beneath the stringing and running diagonally from
the front right-hand corner to the back left-hand
corner of the case, gives strength where most need
ed and where most other pianos fail In fact 1t might
not inapy termed the spno or back bone Of the pr
"They stand In tune longer than other pianos, to
effect which we are again enabled by the peculiar
shape ofour iron Frame to short pins so that tho
piano is strung close to the wrost- lank thus al
most doing away with leverage strain on the tun.
ing pin, which in some pianos, is at least three
quarters of an inch above the pin, causing the pin
to loosen and often bringing 1t in contact with tho
| iron plate. The construction OF the wrest-plank
has also great advantage over those other pianos,
in being formed Of four sections of hard wood laid
horizontally and firmly glued and fastened, the grain
of each section crossing the grain of the next to
1t in different lire direction So that the tuning
pins have the pressure of tho end wood against them
in every direction, making 1t imp ossible for the pin
to loosen itself as 1t does where it has pressure
against the sides of the grain II has in all other
pianos. This, too, prevents tho splitting OF tho
wrest- plank.
"The construction of the and the combina.
ton of the iron frame Herewith, we also claim as
being new and improved. The left lower end Of tho
frame, being Embedded or set In the solid wood, or
we believe Ito use technical term) butcd against tho
wrcst. plank, at point and on line just inside Of
the line of the tuning-pins by which means nrst,
great additional strength is gained, second, tho
ing las before described TO be close to the wrest-
plank, and third, tho great desderatum, so long
sought for for the trade, full iron frame without
possibility Of the tuning pins coming in contact
"our agraRo arrangement is another great i'm.
provement effected in simple but superior manner
A hollow bar, cast with the frame and opening on
the under side and extending along the limo OF tho
tuning pins, has fitted into it, reversed wooden
bridge, in which the bridge pins arc inserted This
reversed bridge, being tre lower than the wrest.
plank, gives an upward also side bearing to tho
strings, and ly this admirable arrangement on
agrafie is obtained that gives firm position to the
strings that no blow from the hammer can dsplace.
A similar plan on an iron bedding has been before
attempted but always in connection with the COM
pcated nder-dampers, which invariably become
displaced and ont of order.
''1n the Arion Piano use the French damper,
universally acknowledged as the best, acting from
their own weight alone. They firmly hinged,
and can move neither to the right to the lett but
only in the direction required. Thus it will be seen
that our ngraiTe arrangement IL complete, not only
in itself but in all its connections with other parts
of the action.
"Wih other agraifcs now in use, there arc several
difficulties that cannot remedied. First, the wiro
strings run through eye in the tep Of screw or
PIN and must fit the eye exactly, or II will create an
unpleasant, buzzing sound. The same difficulty is
apt to occur when, from constant using tho strain
upon the string lessons in its size, the constant VI
bration the inside of the eye the eye larger
'.Tho screw pin, too, for the same reason (con-
slant vibration it will at times become loose and
cause an unpleasant Earring to the chords None OF
these disadvantages can happen to the Arion agrahe
We have above given Mr.. Manners claims for the
superiority of the Aron Piano Fortes and his ohjec
tions to other pianos in nearly his own words, and
he was very ready to take throughout the factory
and explain all the different departments Of 1t to
We had fair chance of judging Of its merits, and
think the claims of the Aron are well based. II s
at of the very best pianos before the public
. brooklyn Daily Iimes
All of our Pianos will be finished with the new
self acting prop stick for holding up the top OF the
Piano. The patent for which, also the patent for
the Aron, is owned by us exclusively.
| Send for Illustrated Price List.
MANNER & CO., 1877 and $50 Bowery,
June 20, '67-4O:9mos. NEW YORK.