Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-04-19
GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PATENT AhI0N PIAEO FURrES

GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PATENT AhI1N PIAN0 FuRTES,
Which they offer with all the usual guarantees, IN
competition with the steinway, chickering, or
any other first class piano, believing as they do
that the Arion IL superior 20 any other.
Read below tho Article from the Brooklyn Dali
iy Times.
Mr.. Abbott. organi.t Of the Church Of Our Saw.
iour, Gays Of the Arions
Messrr, Manner A Co..
0entlemens--I have critically examined aud
several times played upon one Of your Arion Pi-
ano fofieF, and u affords me much pleasure 20
add my testimony In favor Of your superior lnstfu
ments. For elasticity Of touch. for the singing
quality, 30 much sought for By artists. aad for.
pisso have ever used =, i'"' !. M ABBOT IT,
Organist Of the Church Of the Saviour Of Brock
Ign, MY.
Prof. John w. Henry canoli, editor Of the
American Educational Monthly, says;
Listen, however, 10 one OF another class, for
example, one Of tho Arion Pianos made BY Man
ner AZ Co. Bow your head as the bars sends forth
lts riches, clear and unhiurredj observe the sing
ing, swelling melody that 10 its middle octave. %
wonderfully Ferrossnta vocal expression, and which
pfedominAies above even the filyery bFilliancy or
the upper treble. Then reflect that this " scien-
thcally constructed durable instrument, and II
you have at home an ordinary, fourth. rate Piano,
Whote ocauty OF tone hau NhIiHhtu sooner thhu
the lustre Of its varnsh, chde not your child tor
lack OF expression, nor wonder whom your wife Il
playing that she seems 20 have aoul. The In
strument ms we'll as the performer must have pow
or Of expressions piano, Il msy almost be said,
as well ~ singer, must have a sonl."
From "fhe brooklyn Daily Times'
owe viii say that the Arion Piano Forte Il a
very elegant instrument Of the largest class and
very highly finished. Musically, u has full, I,
deep, rich toSe, and the most powerful that we
IaUa Ia1 nal a. h. L.. - -.
than any piano that we have met with, the sing
ing quality or character, that musicians much
admire and seek for In piano. Tie bass notes
reminding you Of the deep toned notes Of largs'
organ. The Middle oetayes are more elastic AID
clear than In most other pianos, owing 10 peculiar
arrangements that we shall speak of hereafter,
while the upper or treble notes possess that pure :,
distinct, bell like cleaners, that Is necessary
10 the correct rendering OF difficult pieces Of Ma-
sic, and that also lends such charm 10 melody.
The Arion Scale Is from A TO G, 80 ms TO meet all
the requirements OF modern music, which a seven
octave piano will not do.
ITO obtain power you must have strcngt We.
have attained this In the popularity Of tue frame
before alluded TO, and In the use Of bar in tho
direction aud ON line with the heavy steel stTing
ing under the 'over-strung bass This bar
passing ben the siringng and running dis gon-
ally from the front right hand corner to the back
iefthand corner Of the ease, gives strength where
most needed and where most other pianos fail; in
back bone of the piano.
"They stand In ture longer than other pianos. :.
TO effect which We are again enabled by the pecu-
liar shape Of our iron frame, TO use short pins
that the piano Is strung close to the wrestpIank;
thus almost doing away with Leverage strain
the tuning pin, which in some pianos, he at least
three-quarters Of an inch above the pin, causing
the pin TO loosen, and often bringing Il ia contact
with the iron plate. The construction Of the
srcst- plank nas also great advantage those.
fbnrF In iaff If f,rr
of hard wood, laid horizontally and firmly glued
aud fastened, the grain OF each section crossing.
the giein Of the TO IL ia a different iaei
or dir,Nton. So that The tuning pins have tho
pressure of the erd wood against them In every
direction, making Il impossible FER the pin to-
loosen itself rs It does whore Il. has a pressure
against the sides Of the grain as It has in all 9TH
or ianos. This, too, prevents the splitting Of the
wrcst plank.
"1he construction OF tho case and the com sina-
ton e the iron frame herewith, We also cniH ne
being new and improved 7 he lett lower end Il
the frame, being iubeddtd sct in the solid wood,
or we believe Ito a technical tcrn) hatted
against the wrest plank, Of point and on line
just inside Of tho line Of The taning-pins by which
means FIRST, great additional strength IL gained,
second, the frame beirg SO sunk IN tao wood, al
lows the sringing las before descrbed) 10 be close
to the wrest-plank, and tbrd, tho gr AT de.idsra-
tun, 30 long sought for by the trade, full iron
frame without possibility OF tie tuniT pins
''0ur agrafe arrangement is another great i'm
rrovemtnt Effected In simple but superior man
ner. A hollow bar, cast with the frame and open
ing on the under side and extending along the
line Of the tunngpins, has fitted into II aresors~
ed wooden bridge, in which the bridge pins are
inserted. This reversed bridge, being a tribe
lower than the wrest-plank, gives upward
also side bearing to the suings, and by this
admirable arrangement an agrufeis obtained that
gives firm position to he strings that blow
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on an iron bedding has been before attempted, but
always In connection with the complicated under-
hampers, which invariably become displaced and
out Of order.
"In the Arion Piano we use the French damp
or, universally acknowledged the best, acting
from their own weight alone. They are firmly
hinged, and can move neither to the ri ght nor TO
the left, but only in the direction required. Thus
IL will be seen that our agrade arrangement IL
complete not only in itself blt in all its connec~
ton with other parts of the action.
"With other ngrafcs in use, there sew
eral difficulties that can OF be remedied. First,
the wire strings run through eye in the top Gf
a screw, OF PIN and must fix the eye exactly; or IL
will create unpleasant. buzzing sound. The
same difficulty isapt TO occur when, from constant
using, the strain upon the string lessons in tie
Size or the constant vibration the inside of the
eye wears the eye larger.
ssThe screw or pin, too, for the same ICON
slant vibration on ~ will at times become loose
and cause an unpleasant Jarring to the chords.
None of these Disadvantages can happen to the
Aron sgraie."
We have above given Mr.. Manners claims for
the superiority of the Arion Piano Fortes and his
objections to other pianos, in nearly his own
words, and he was very ready to take us through
out the factory and explain all the different de-
partments of il to us. We had a fair chance Of
judging of its merits, and think the claims Of the
Aron are well based. IL is at least one Of the
very best pianos before the ppblic.-[ Brooklyn
Daily Times
All Of our Pianos will be finished with the new
self.acting prop stick for holding up the top Of
eut for the Arion, is owned by us exclusively.
Send for illustrated Price List.
MANNER 4 CO, 1871 and $50 Bowcry,