Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-06-22
GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PATENT ARION PIANO FORTES

TAIENI AhlUN fIANU fUkTES.
which they offer with all tho usual guarantees, In
competition with the stenway, Chiekpring, or any
other hrstciass piano, believing they do that tho
Arlon Is superior to any other.
Read below tho article ffcm the bro Iklyn Daily
Times,
Ma. Annorr, organIst Of tho Church OF Our
Saviour, says Of tho Arioni
Mosr.. Manner q Co..
GrsTLEaEs;-l have critically examined and sew
erai times played upon one Of your hrion Plano
fortes, aud II affords me much pleasure to add my
testimony In favor Of your superior INSTRUMENTS
For elasticity OF touch for the ,iRgisg guaiiy, 80
much sought for by artists, and for richness and pu.
rtyof tone 1t isuneSceled by any plano have o"er
used. J. VI. ABBOTT,
orgnnist Of the Church Of the Saviour Of Brooklyn,
New York.
Prof JonS W. HrsRY CAsSoLL, editor Of tho
imerican Educational Monthly, says;
%" "Listen, however, to one of another class for
example, one OF tho Arlon Pianos made Ly Manner
Co. Bow your head as tho bass sends forth Its
riches, clear and unblurrcd; observe the singing,
swelling melody that In Its middle octnves won.
drcusly represents vocal expression and which pre-
dominates above even the silyery brillancy Of the
upper treble. Then reflect that this Is a scrntihcai.
ly constructed durable Instrument and II you have
at home an ordinary, fourih'rate piano, whose beau
~ Of tone had vanished sooner than the ustrc Of
yarnsh, chde not your child for lack OF expression
nor wonder when your wife Is playing. that sho
seems to have no soul. Tho instrument as we'll rs
must power OF expression n pl-
ano, II may almost be said, rs well as singer, must
have "A soul"
From .The Brookiyn Daily 7ime,;"
"WeS will say that the Arion Piano Forte, Is a We
ry elegant instrument Of the largest class and very
highly finished Musically, It has full, deep, rich
tone, and the most powerful that we have ever listen
ed to. II has In n higher degree than any piano
that we have met with the singing quality or char.
in piano The bass-notes reminding you Of tho
deep.toDed notes OF large organ. Tho Middle Oc-
taves are more elastic and clear than In most other
pianos, owing to peculiar arrangemen that shall
speak Of hereafter, while the upper or treble notes
possess that pure, distinct, bell like ccarc that Is
80 necessary to the correct rendering Of dinicult
pieces OF music, and that also lends such charm 10
melody. The Arion scale Is from toe 40 as 10 meet
all the requirements ofmodern music, which seven
octave piano will not do.
ITO obtain power you must have strength. We
before alluded to, and in the Of bar In the d.
rection and line with tho heavy steel sringing
under the "oyer strung bass" This bar passing
beneath the stringing and running diagonafly from
the front right-hand corner, to the back lefthand
corner of the case gives strength where most need.
cd and where most other pianos h In fset II might
not inaptly termed the spine or back be u the p-
an0
"Th"y siaad In tune longer than other pianos, TO
effect which We are again enabled by tho peculiar
shape ofour iron frame, to use short pins that tho
piano Is strung close to the wrest.rlank thus al
most doing away with leverage strain on the tun-
ing pin, which in some pianos, is at least threo-
quarters of inch above the pin, causing the pin
to loosen, and often bringing it In contact with tho
iron plate. Tho construction Of the wrest-plank
has also great advantage over those of 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
II in different lire or direction. So that the tuning
pins have the pressure Of the end wood against them
in every dre;tOn, making 1t imp ossible for the pin
to loosen itself as 1t does where 1t has pressuTe
against the sides Of the grain 1t has In all other
nj tnn fha milf nFt no
wrest-plank.
"The construction Of the case and the combina-
tion Of the iron frame Herewith, we also claim as
being new and improved, The left lower end Of tho
frame, being imbedded or set In the solid wood, or
we believe Ito technical term butted against the
wrest.plank, at point and on limo just inside Of
the line Of the tuning-pins by which means FIRST,
great additional strength Is gained, second, the
frame being 30 sunk In the wood allows the string
ing las before described) to be close to the wrest-
plank, and third, tho great desideratum, so long
possibility Of the tuning-pins coming in contact
with it, is gained.
"0ur agraffo arrangement Is another great i'm
proycment effected in simple but superior manner.
hollow bar, cast with the frame and opening on
the under side and extending along the line Of tho
tuning pins, has fitted into 1t, reversed wooden
bridge, in which the bridge pins inserted. This
reversed bridge, being rihe lower than tho wrest-
plank gives an upward as also side bearing to tho
strings, and by this admirable arrangement an
agrafe is obtained that gives firm position to tho
strings that no blow from the hammer can dsplace.
similar plan on an iron bedding has been before
attempted, but always in connection with tho COM
plicated under hampers, which invariably become
displaced and ont of order
"ln the Arion Piano use the French damper,
universally acknowledged as the best, acting from
their own weight alone. They are firmly hinged,
and neither TO the right to the left, but
only in the direction required Thus II will be
that agraffc arrangement is complete, not only
In Itself bat in all its connections with other paTtS
of the action.
"Wth other agraffes now In use, there are several
difficulties that cannot remedied. First the wire
strings 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 when, from constant using, the strain
upon the string lessons in its size, tho constant vi
bration on the inside ofthe eye the eyelarger
"The or pin, too, for the same reason (con-
cause unpleasant Earring to the chords. None Of
We have above given Mr.. Manners claims for tho
superiority of the Arion Piano Fortes and his otjec
tions TO other pianos, in nearly his own words, and
he very ready to take throughout the factory
md explain all the different departments Of II 70
We had fair chance Of Judging Of It's merits, and
think the claims Of the Aron are we'll based II Is
nj least Of the very best pianos before the public.
brooklyn Daily Times.
All of our Pianos will be finished with the new
self prop stick for holding up the top Of tho
Piano. The patent for which, also the patent for
The Arion, is owned by us exclusively.
Send for Illustrated Price List.
MANNER 4 CO., 1877 and lso Bowery,
June 20, 67-40.9mos. NEW YORK.