Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-07-12
American Organs.
FROM" Cooley Laiie Box Ftlrnary, Is
REED ORGANS, &c,

hLIslI chttkA4NN, &C.
Tho following remarks and suggestions lflativc
81 THIS immensely popular instrument Nllki0ubt-
less interest aud profit very many of our Y{aders
We commend the article to their perusal:-}
A hundred and one makers of Organs, dotta-c
Parlor, Cabinet, American, School Orsak, etc .
etc. are claiming TO make the lest instlf nent in
the world. Being comparatively new instr,-
nent as at present constIucted, we are cob vino
that the public are NH, less capable oftudSing
of its merits, or dement's, than Of most fheT in
rncc in them. if there are some excellent ail some
wnrthless o. es,, the public shond have tne cri.
ter1on for Judging them, some facts which $ill en-
tighten them. We cheerfully concedc sp;Ae for
this article, knowing that there is hardly i, tmily
or church or school in all the land, hut is me or
ees Interested III this topic. we are also awAre of
lis being great misfortune, n real calamity, to
any OF them to purchase an inferior or worthless
organ, ruinoas to good playing, and often sodrcc
Of much ycXation and annoyance. We know fhis
article TO elnanate from an intelligent and candid
source, and thus we give it to our readers.
The question Is often asked, what are red or
gans ? We answer they are in most cas- es, moth.
in the world bnt the old nelotleon in disguise.
Many Of the so-called organs, have the same bel
lows, the same reeds, and the game general inter.
nal Arrangement. With the bellows turned on
edge to gam room. they have simply put on more
pretentious exterior. and more high sounding
name. But an organ TO be in reality an o,yaH,
must have n wind-chest or reservoir for mir scpa
rate from the bellows, into which wine.chcst the
reeds open, ana the to &c has room to eXnand and
perfect itself into the full round tone similar to The
n0tc or pipe orgaH, even, smooth, firm and mellow
and this tone from reeds cannot he obtained in any
ganist as to have the volume OF sound swelling and
,erkinS and smodically with every variation OF
force on the bellows which is always the case where
the reeds open direct into the bellows air pas
sagcs instead Of 4 windchcst or sound-boA. And
set some nakcr2 even so 70 far rs 20 claim this
.pasmodic or automatic jerking OF the bellows OF,
the reeds rs IN excellence, Just though they
did not know that il must Very sonn throw The
reeds ont of tune, and injuie the bellows; and MS
though II were not an easier matter 10 obtain II
much better and more easily managed swell by
other methods. The truth Is. any organ, so \ Il
ed, or melodeon whish has the wind acting direct.
~ upon the reeds, IS nothing more nor less than 9
huge accordion. dress 1t up rs you NAV. And
when organl SITS amp true musicians become aware
of The Tact that they can obtain those that are or.
sans IN TACT as well as i'll name, they vii! buy no
more of the Objectionable on,'s. Tii.n again the
swell should always be senaraie distinct from the
bellows, SO as not to be acted upon by the hard OF
soft blowing, bpt convenient, so that The PLAYER
can use 1t with the knee separate fiom the hand.
and fret, and thus always under easy control to
be used al fjian.
The large divided bellows or double bellows, Is
also very important Improvement. BY his means
not only can the wind be applied more evenly, hui
with far greater ease TO the performer. from III,
tact that either bellows alone will be sufficient OF
the lighter melodies thus permitting the player te
change about and rest the fee at will thrn, If The
bellows Is OF the requisite large size, and having
the wind-clest or reservoir. aliTll be well. As I,
the reeds, they must be entIhcally tuned ant
voiced, or all the other good nGaltes in the world
cannot produce good toned instrument. The IN
curry now very naturally ARISES: where can the or
isan be procured combining all these essential ant
desirable qualities? There is only one possess ins
all these points, and that j. the AMERICAN OK
GAN, made by = ID. = IL. W. SMITH, of Bost On
SIBERIA orr, wholesale Agent, 7sss broadway
New York. These organs have = W'intl-ellest tx
tending the whole length OF the instrument and ;,
tructtd as 10 asst III the same Tine as rcvcr
b-rating b9und-hoX or board, sna having tie sam,
important relation and pant 10 perform thai the
sounding-board has 10 the plano, this feature til,
makers have raicntoi, atd to il are owing in .
great measure the unequalled iallness and fchne
II tone SO highly priced By al who have nses
ihese organs. They aiso have the larges, and he )
divided bellows IN use, which is another important
Idatnre. No part OF their woIS i sighted, no ey
lensc OF pains epared 10 make the American Or
Yans, perfect musically 10 well as mechanically
and judging from the irnen1e salr of them III pres
eEt, they bad fail 10 long maintain The proud pos.
ton theS nave won by superior ihefit alone. ",
would most heartily adyiie all Interested 10 cal
Npon or address IA. SIBERIA O-E, the TItoL
SALE AGENT, at ts3 HroAIs~s1 =. hFw YORK an,
ard crn assure .t.ern liz ~.l IL The r-oas gona r.
,naGly sud fruitful rflial .Trart 20 them all Tx
nfoxpiton thsv ma, desire or seLa thIr. di4tflp
rye rretlsrs relative &c his tf, deiirttidi .us
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