Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-07-27
GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PATENT ARION PIANO FORTES

which they offer with all ihe usual guarantees. In
competition with the StcinwAy, Chickering, or any
other hrseass piano, believing they do that the
ATlon u superior To any other,
Read below tho article frem the brooklyn Daily
Times,
Ma. Amor. organlsi Of tho Church Of Our
Saviour, says % tho ArionI
Mosns. Mdaasr a Co.
GISrLksIsi I'll have critically examined and sew.
eTal times played upon QUO 81 your Arion Plano
fortes, and u AFFORDS inc much pleasure to add my
testimony In favor Of your superior Instruments
for elasticity Of touch, br tho Staging quaiity 20
much sought for by artists and for richness aud pu.
ry Of tone 1t Is une1o'llod PiIaS ns'ooer
organi.t Of the Church OF the Saviour Of Brooklyn,
New York.
Prof JonS W. HEsRY CASSoIL. editor Of tho
In,srieaR Educational Moafkiy, says
90 "Lisen, however, to one Of another class, for
example, one OF the Arion Pianos made by Manner
Co, Bow your head as tho bass souds forth It's
| riches, clear and unbiurrcd observe tho singing,
swelling melody that In Its middle oetayes no won
drcusly represents vocal expression and which pre-.
dominates above even the silvery brillianoy Of the
upper treble. Then reflect that this Ia scicntihcal
iy constructed durable instrument, and II you have
At homo an ordinary, furth.raie piano, whose beau.
y Of tone had vanished sooner than tbs ustro OF its
varnish ohidc not your child for lack Of expression
nor wonder whom your vito Is playing that she
| seems to have no soul. Tho instrument as woll IA
tho performer must have power Of expression pi.
sno Il may almost DO said as we'll asa singer, mus,
From ''The Brookiym Daily Tdne.:''
ave will say that the Arion Piano Forte, IL vc-
~ elegant instrument Of the largest class aud very
highly finished. Musicay, Il has a full, deep, rich
tone, and the most powerful that we have listen
| ed TO. II has In higher degree than any piano
that have met with, the singing quality char
aoter, that musicians so much admire and seek for
ina piano, The bass.notes reminding you OF tho
| deep-toned notes Of large organ. Tho Middle Oc-
taves elastic and clear than In most other
pianos, owing to peculiar that We shall
speak Of hereafter, while the upper or treble notes
possess that pure, distinct, bcke ccarness that is
| 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 @, TO meet
all the requirements ofmodern music, which seven
| octave piano will not do.
| "To obtain power you must have strength We
bavod attained this In the popularity of the frame
before alluded to- and In the use of bar IN the d.
rcctOn and ON line with the heavy steel stringing
under the "ovor strung las." This bar passing
beneath the stringing and running diagonay from
the front right-band corner, to tho back ef-hand
corner Of the case gives strength where most need
ed and where most other pianos fail In fact II might
not naptly termed the spine or back bono Of the pi
| ano.
"Thcy siaad In tune longer than other pianos, to
effect which we arc again enabled by the peculiar
shape ofour iron frame, to short pins that tho
piano IL strung close 10 the wrcst-plank thus al.
most doing away with leverage strain on tho tun'
ing pin, which In some pianos, is at least three
quarters of an inch above the pin, causing the pin
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| iron plate. The construction OF the wrest. plank
has also great advantage over those Of other pianos
In boiDg 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
IL IN different line or direction. So that tho tuning
pins have the pressure of the end wood against them
In every direction, making II impossible for the pin
to loosen itself as 1t does where 1t has pressure
against the sides Of tho grain as it has in all other
pianos. This, too, prevents the splitting Of the
| wrest-plank.
| A.. n. Ina
| ton of the iron frame Herewith, we also claim ms
| being new and improved. The left lower end Of the
frame, being imbedded or set In the solid wood, or
we believe ito technical term) bnted against the
wrest- plank, at point and on limo Just inside OF
| the line Of the tuning.pns by which means hrst,
| great additional strength Is gained, second, the
frame being sunk In the WOOD allows the string
ing (as before descrbed) to be close to the wrest-
| plank, and third, the great desideratnm so long
sought for for the trade, full iron frame without
possibility Of tho tuning pins coming In contact
with II, Is gained.
| HOur agrafe arrangement is another great i'm
proyenent effected In simple but superior manner
A hollow bar, cast with the frame and opening on
| the under side and extending along the line Of the
tuning pins, has fitted into j., reversed wooacn
bridge, In which the bridge pins are inserted This
reversed bridge, being trihe lower than the wrcst
plank, gives Upward as also bearing TO tho
strings, and by this admirable arrangement an
agrafe Is obtained that gives firm position to the
strings that no blow from the hammer eau dispiace.
A similar plan on iron bedding has been before
attempted, but always In connection with the COM
plicated under -dampers, which invariably become
| displaced aud out Of order.
sin the Arion Piano We use the French damper,
| universally acknowledged the best, acting from
their own weight alone they are hrmly hngsa ;
only in the direction required. Thus II VIII De seen
that our agrae arrangement is complete, not only
In itself but in all its connections with other parts
of the actien.
"With other agrafes now In USE there are several
difficulties that cannot remedled. First, the wire