Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-08-23
American Organs.
F,om" Gg@ey' Lad,e b, l. Fstraa,y, 1866.
ELED DREAMS. &C..

The following remarks and .uggestioos relative
to TIM immensely ppfriar instrument Wit doubt
W eouIinsi asa ihe article l. lien betu-al-
y hund 81 and vBc makers al Organs, Cottage
Parlor, CatIne., American, school Organ vic
ctcaare Claiming 10 make the bet iuslIHiuen, in
the %urli. Being comparatively - new instru-
ment rs ST present constructed, we are eonsin c-d
that the pubic ar" mu less capable NJ Judging
"I IL merits, or dcmcilt-, than OF most uihei in
sunmcnt- Ii there l. really an esse aI Infer
cure IN them II there are some Nrrlieut and ~nm,.
wnrfh!ess Is, the public should have ,une eri-
tefIon Tor judging thei, same facts which \. N en-
tighten them. Ne ch.trtullv rotr,.ip ,i,,,.. tor
THIS article, knowing that there j. hardly family
church or schoo, in ali the land, hut is more or
lcv+ Interested lu this topic. We also ~ are of
IT. being CREST mf.tui tute ltal caianity q,
any "i them e. purchase an lrie.ior OF worthless
OtGau. nous To good PLAYING Ai4L uit,lrt source
OF mneh vrN1lien aud annoy ance. Ne Know lhis
drttele L s'Manalt from ~ ntctuEent ana candid
source, and thus We give II to uur reader.
The question : oilen asked, What are re. or
gam 2 We answer ulty are in most cas- es moth
ing in the orld bnttHc old melu,iron ia III. gus.
Many OF the so-ca!ied organs have the sane Lel-
low - the anne reeds and the sane general inter
n-si arrAne'Weat. With the bellows turned on
edge to gam room. they have simply put IN re
pieientoas exterior. and more high sounding
name. But an otSan To be IN reality "a. o,gaa,
must have p" ,udchcst OF reservoir Tor ait s.pa
rate nom he bclleN-, into which wIutl.cGcsl tn,,
,ttda OPEN, an the to 70 has room 70 expand and
peri ca itseN nt" me lu!l hound tone similar oihe
hute or pipe prga even, sutuuth, nrm anu mellow:
ana this tone IRON reeds cannot he obtained any
other way known. Nothing 80 annoys - true or
ganist As To have the volume oil sound swelling and
jerking and spasmodlcally Win eyer) variation Of
force The bellows which l. alMa, thecnsc h. re-
the reeds open direct into the bellows or air pas-
sages Instead oi a aindche or sound buA. Aud
YET some makers even go 20 Ia a. to claim this
the reeds Is an excellence just though they
did not know that 1t must very soou throw tbs.
reeds out of tune, and inIure the bellows and as
though IL were not an easier matter TO obtain =
much better ami more easily managed sw ell by
other methods The truth Is, any organ, c all
cd or nela'ieoH whisb has the wind acting direct
ly upon tie reeds, l. nothing more nor less than =
mug aceo suenn, dress II up you may. Aud
when uIganlsis amp true musicians become e \, are
OF The id,t that they can obtain those tina, are ar.
gaus IA acl as well as ia name, they vii. buy no
hp!S vl ne 9ecl!unhDie oh.'s. Then again the
sven should AWAY be separate dstinc. irou, the
heiiows' 20 not 10 bc acted upon BY the hard or
SOFT blowing. hut convenient, 81 that the player
can usc II Nuhthc khce separate / oln the hands
anu ittti ai4 tHu, Always uAdef easy control, TO
~ used I'D i.LRHm.
The I,Tsc diylded bellows or double bellows 10
us Nts ! Important Improvement by his means
not OIL! ean t-e WIND be applied more evenly, Tut
" IN lar greater ease TO Tie performer, nom the
tact that either bellows alone will be s fcient OF
the lighte. melodies, thus permitting the PLAYER TO
change about ahd tcst The ice. will them ii the
beH"M Is ol the requisite large slEe, and having
The "ind-ccst or reservoir, all will be we'll As to
me reeds, lhtS must he scientifically tuned ard
voiced, or all The other good qualities in the world
cannot produce good toned instrument. The IN.
quiry now very naturally arises. where can the
gan DC procured combining ali these essential and
desirable qualities There is Ohl! one possessing
All thes+ point ana that Is the AhEklCAN Or
GAN, made by =. ID. Ii. ", SMITH, OF Bostoii.
sihLisIA oil, Wholesale Agent, ae5 Broadw ny,
Arw l ok. lhese organs have a Mlhu, hest cX.
tohaihg the Whole length Of tie instrument, and SO
con hucted as 10 az, at the ~ u rev r.
D.r TAG pgunG-0"A II board, ana having the SAINT
ii.l 20 iAt ie!ttoH .nG l~It 10 PsiloIuI ti,at tho
souadihs ho I'd ia 10 the lianO, tile feature tho
makes nave laIeht5t, and to II are owing in
great measure tie unequaleO fullness anu richness
oi tone 60 hlsllI ptiLed by all who have a.ed
these organs ihey alsO have the largest and test
divided bellows IN use VII en- is anoth.I Important
idatuae. ~ pat OF their Mors IL sighted 10
peLse OF puins spar Il 10 make the American ur-
gans, perfect unsteady Us We'll as mechanically
aid Judging iluln ih- immepe sale OF them al pres-
emit tney lid ii to long maintain the proud posi-
uon they nave Won BY superior merit aIone. We
would most hcd,iiy advise all Interested 10 cal
upon address Ma, SIBERIA OFT, tile WHOLE.
SAIL AGEAl, Ut le3 BROADWAY. NLw YORK. and
anu 4ss tlleln In MIL, IN TIE most gentle.
manly and t,uihIu iaune Hiipart to them all the
Information they may desire, Ut seud them dserip,
tive circulars IeiatNe 10 'I1is ttNi! ueshtfni ms,
tauI4ent. ly2e-AusS-So