Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10
GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PATENT ARION PIANO FORTES

which tboy offer with all the usual guarantees, In
competition with the steinway, chiekering, or any
other first class plano, believing they do that tho
Arion Ia superior TO any other.
Read below tho article frcm tho Bro ,klyn Daily
Times.
Saviour, says Of the Arion;
Mesus. Manner Co.:
GESrLEMEs I'll have critically examined and sew.
Fortcs, and II affords mo much pleasure to add my
testimony In favor Of your superior Instruments
For elasticity OF touch for tho singing quality, so
much sought br by artists, and for richness and pu
used. J. NJ. ABBOTT,
organist Of the Church OF the Saviour Of brooklyn,
Now York.
Prof JoHs W. Henry CASsoLL, editor Of tho
american Educational Monthly says:
~" "Listen, however, to one Of another class, for
example, ono OF the Arion Pianos made by Manner
a Co. Bow your head the bass sends forth Its
riches, clear and unblurrcd; observe the singing,
swelling melody that In It's middle octaves so won.
drcusly represents vocal oxPressisn and which pre-,
upper treble. Then reflect that this Is scienifcal
y constructed durable instrument, and II you have
at homo an ordinary fourth-rate piano, whose beau
ty Of tone had vanished than the ustre Of its
varnsh, chde your child for lack Of expression,
nor wonder when your wife Is playing that she
seems to have no soul The instrument as we'll
ano, 1t may almost be said, as well as singer, must
have q SOUL"
From "The Brooklyn Daily Tines"
"wo Will say that the Arion Piano Forte, Is We.
ry elegant instrument Of the largest class and very
highly finished Musically, II has full, deep, rich
tone, and the most powerful that we have ever listen.
cd to. 1t has In higher degree than any piano
that We have met WITH the singing quality or char
actor, that musicians so much admire and seek for
In piano. The bass.notes reminding you Of the
deep toned notes Of large organ: The Middle DC.
taves elastic and clear than In most other
pianos owing to peculiar arrangements that We shall
speak Of hereafter, while the upper or treble notes
possess that pure distinct beliko cearness that Is
80 necessary to the correct rendering Of dineu J..
melody Tho Arion scale is from to c. as TO meet
all the requirements ofmodern music, which seven
octave piano will not do.
bayed attained this in the popularity Of the frame
before alluded to, and in the Use Of bar in the d.
rection and limo with the heavy steel stringing
| under the "over strung bass." This bar passing
| beneath the stringing and running diagonally from
the front rght-hand corner, to the back left-hand
of the case, gives strength where most need
ed and whcro most other pianos fail In fact 1t might
not inaptly termed the spine back bone Of the p
ano.
"They sta nd In tune longer than other pianos, to
effect which We are again enabled by the peculiar
shape ofopr iron Frame to short pins so that the
piano IL strung close to the wrest-I lank thus al
most doing away with leverage strain on the tun.
ing pin, which in some pianos, Is at least three
quarters Of inch above the pin, causing the pin
to loosen and often bringing 1t in contact with the
| iron plate Tho construction Of the wrest'plank
also great advantage over those Of other pianos
in being formed Of four sections Of hard wood laid
horizo ntally and firmly glued and fastened, the grain
of each section crossing the grain of the one next to
II in different lire direction. So that the tuning
pins have the pressure o. the end wood against them
to loosen itself 1t does where 1t has pressure
against the sides Of the grain as 1t has In all other
pianos. This, too, prevents tho splitting OF the
wrest- plank.
| "The construction of the cpse and the combina-
tion Of the iron frame Herewith, we also claim as
being new and improved. Tho left lower end OF the
frame, being mbedded or set in the solid wood, or
We believe 90 technical term buted against the
wrest- plank at point and on line just inside Of
tho line Of the tuning-pins by which means hrst,
great additional strength fs gained, second, the
frame being so sunk in the wood, allows the string
ing as before descrbed) to be close to the ~rest-
| plank, and third, tho great desderatum, so long
sought for for the trade full iron frame without
possibility Of the tuning pins coming in contact
| "Our agraffe arrangement is another great i'm.
provement effected in simple but superior manner
hollow bar, cast with the frame and opening on
the under side and extending along the line OF the
tuning pins, has fitted into 1t, reversed wooden
bridge, In which the bridge pins are inserted This
reversed bridge, being rif1e lower than the wrest
plapk gives an inward also side bearing to tho
| strings, and by this admirable arrangement an
agrafe is obtained that gives firm position to the
strings that no blow from the hammer can dispIace
similar plan ON an iron bedding has been before
attempted but always in connection with the COM
plicated under hampers, which invariably become
| displaced and ont Of order.
ain the Arion Piano we use the French dnmper,
universally acknowledged as the best, acting from
| their own weight alone. They are firmly hinged,
and can move neither to the right nor TO the LETT but
only in the direction required Thus It will be seen
that our agrafie arrangement Is complete, not only
in itself but In all its connections with other parts
Of the action
"With other agraffes now in use, there several
difficulties that cannot remedied. First, the wire
strings run through eye 10 the tsp Of screw, or
piu and must fit tho eye exactly, orr will create an
unpleasant, buzning sound. The same dimculty Is
apt to occur when, from constant using the strain
upon tho string lessons in its size the constant Vi
braion on the inside ofhe eye wears the eye larger
"The screw or PIN too, for the same reason icon.
slant vibration on i) will at times become loose and
cause an unpleasant jarring TO the chords None OF
these tages can happen to the Arion agrahe
| We have above given Mr.. Manners claims for the
Of the Arion Piano Fortes and his otec-
tions to other pianos, in nearly bis own words and
he was very ready to take throughout the factory
and explain all the different departments OF II to u.s.
We had fair chance Of Judging OF its merits, and
think the claims Of the Arion we'll based. IL Is
at least one Of the very best panos before the public
-Brookiyn Daily Tunes
| All Of our Pianos will be finished with the new
self acting prop stick for holding mp the top OF the
Piano The patent for which, as also the patent for
tbe Ariop n owned by MS exclusively.
Send for Illustrated Price List.
MANNER & CO., ls1 and fs9 Bowery,
r,,ro On ,s7-iOqmos NEW YORK.