The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-03-21
SIBERIA OTIS C0LU Mn.
4 MEXICAN OR G \ rs.
From "GodeY's LadieS' Booh," Feb
rtl1JF. 1866.
REED ORGANS, &c.

The following remarks and suggestions rela-
tive to this immensely popular instrument will
doubtless interest and profit very many of our
readers; we commend the article their care
ful perusal
4 hundred and one makers OF Organs, Cot
tage Parlor Cabinet, American. School Or
eans. etc, are each claiming to make the best
instrument in the world Being compare
lively new instrument, as at present con-
straeted, are convinced the public are
much less capable Of judging of its merits, or
dement's than of most other Instruments If
there + really an essential difference IN them,
if there are some excellent and worthless ones
the public should have some criterion for judy
ing Of them, some facts which will enlighten
them. We eheerfully eeneede the space for
this article, knowing that there is hardly Il
family. or church, school in all the land
but Is more or less interested in this topic. We
are also aware Of It's being great misfortune,
real calamity, to any of them to purchase an
inferior worthless Organ, ruinous to good
anee and vexaton. We know this article to
emanate from candid and intelligent source,
and thus we give it to our readers.
The question is often asked what are reed
organs - w e answer, they are. in most cases
nothing in the world but the old meodeon in
disguise. Many of the so-ealled organs have
the same bellows, the same reeds, and the same
general internal arrangement With the bel
lows turned on edge to gain room, they have
simply put on more pretentious exterior, and
more high sounding name. But an organ,
to be in reality an organ. must have wind
chest or reservoir for air separate from the
bellows, into which wind-ehest the reeds open,
and the tone has room to expand and perfect
itself into the full round tone, similar to the
lutte pipe organ eyen smooth, firm, and
mellow; and this tone from reeds cannot be
obtained in any other way known. Nothing
50 annoys a true organist as to have the volume
of seund swelling and jerking spasmodically
with every variation of force on the bellows,
which is always the case where the reeds open
direct into the bellows air-passages, instead
of a wind-chest or sound-box And vet some
makers go SO far as to claim this spasmodic or
automatic jerking of the bellows on the reeds
as an excellence, just though they did not
know that it would very soon throw the reeds
out of tune, and injure the bellows; and as
though it were not an easier matter to obtain a
much better and more easily managed swell
by other methods. The truth is, any organ,
so called or melodeon which has the wind act
ing directly upon the reeds, is nothing more
nor less than huge ACCORDION, dress it up as
you may. And when organsts and true mu-
sieians become aware of the fact that they can
obtain those that are organs in fact as well as
IN name, they will buy no more of the OBJ
ieetionable ones. Then again the swell should
always be separate and dctinct from the bel
lows, 50 as not to be acted on by the hard or
soft blowing, but convenient, SO that the play
CT can use 1t Mill lHe klleh, separate from TIE
hands or feet, and thus always under easy con-
srol, to be used ad hbitttm.
The large divided bellows, or double bel
lows is also Il very important improvement.
By this means not only can the wind be sup
piled more evenly but with far greater ease
to the performer, from the fact that either bel
lows alone will DE sufficient for the lightest
melodies, thus permitting the player to change
about and rest the feet at will; then, if the
bellows is Of the requisite large size, and
tla,y ind hn
well. As to the reeds, they must be scientific
cally tuned and and voiced or all the other
good qualities in the world cannot produce a
good toned instrument The inquiry now very
naturally arises, where can the organ be pro-
cured combining all these essential and de-
STABLE qualities? There is only one possess
ing all these points, and that is the AMERI-
CAN ORGAN, made by s.. D. g II: w.
SMITH, Of Boston, SIBERIA OFT, Wholesale
Agent 5S1 Broadway, New York These
organs have awind-chest extending the whole
length Of the instrument, and constructed
as to act at the same time a reverberating
sound-box or board. and having the same inn
portant relation and part to perform that the
sounding board has to the piano. This feature
the makers have patented and to it are owing
in a great measure the entirely unequalled
fullness aud richness of tone SO highly priced
by AL those who have used these organs They
also have the largest and best divided bellows
in use, which is another important feature.
part OF their work is Sighted, no expense
Qr pains spared to make the American Organs
perfect unsteady, we'll as mechanically,
and, Judging from the immense sale of them
..tpresent, they bid fair to long maintain tho
proud position they have won by superior
merit alone We would most heartily advise
all interested to call upon or address Mr.. 81
IBERIA OFT, the WHOLESALE AGENT, at
53l BROADWAY, NV York, and can assure
them he will in the most gentlemanly and
truthful manner, import to them all the infor-
nation they may desire and send them de-
scriptive circulars relative TO this truly de-