Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-09-20

turing are now prepared to furnish to tho Trade,
or at tail, their
GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PATENT AAI0N pikED r0RTEs
competition with tho Steinway, Chckoring, or
any othor nrst-class piano, believing as they do
that tho Aficn IL superior 10 any other.
Read below tho Article from tho brooklyn Dali
ly Times.
Mr.. Abbott. orsanist Of tho Church Of Our say.
iour, Gays OF tho Arion:
MosGrs. Manner & Co.;
Gentlemen.--I have critically examined aud
several times played upon ono Of your hrion III
ano fortes, and IL Affords me much pleasure to
add my testimony In iayor Of your suporio. instru.
msnts. For elasticity OF touch, Tor ths singing
quality, so much sought for by artists, and fer
RICHNESS and purity Of tone itis unexeeled By any
piano havo ever used. J. NJ. ABBOT,
organi.t Of the Church Of the Saviour Of brock
lyr, n. Y.
Prof. John W. Henry canoll, editor OF tho
American Educational Monthly, says;
"Jistcn, however, 90 one Of another class, for
example, one of the Arlon Pianos made by Man
ner x CO. Bow your head rs the bass sends forth
its riches, clear and unbiufred; observe tho sing
ing, swelling melody that in It's middle octaycs 20
wonderfully represents vocal expression, and which
prodcminaies shove even the aircry- h-isai--
tho upper treble. Thcn reflect that this is a scicn
| tihcally constructed durable instrument, aGd II
/
whose beauty Of tone had vanished sooner than
the uatro of its varnish ehidc not your child for
lack OF expression, nor wonder when your wife is
playing that she seems % have no koul. The In
strunert well as the performer must have pow
or Of expressions piano, Il may almost be said,
as well as asinger, must have soul"
From "Thc Brooklyn Daily Timos;'
| "Wo will say that the Arion Piano Forte is n
very elegant instrument of tho largest class and
very highly finished. Musonlly, Ii has a full, ,
dot " o
have ever listened to. Ithas In higher degree
than any piono that wo have met with, the sing
ing quality OF character, that musicians 80 mnch
admire AMI seek for In piano. Ike bass-notes
reminding you Of the deep toned notes OF large
organ. The Middle Ootayes arc poso 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 ihatpue,
distinct, bell like clcarness, that u so necessary
to the correct rendering Of difhcut pieces OF Mu-
sic, and that also lends such charm 10 melody
The Arion Scale is from A 10 @, 80 a. TO meet sll
| the requirements Of modern music which seven
octave piano will not do.
"To obtain power you must have strength. Wo
have attained this in the popularity Of the frame
before alluded TO, aud IN tie use OF q bar in the
direction and line with the heavy steel string
ing under the 'oyer-strunS bass. This bar
passing beneath the stfnging and running diagon-
ally from the front righthand corner, TO the back
iefthand corner Of the case, gives strength where
most needed and where most other pianos fall; In
fact II might not inaptly be termed the spine or
back bone OF the piano.
"They stand in tune longer than other pianos,
to effect which we again enabled by the pecu-
liar shape OF our iron frame, to use short pins
that the piano Is strung close to the wrestplsnk;
thus almost doing away with leverage strain on
the tuning pin, which In some pianos, Is at least
three quarters of AN inch above the pin, causing
the pin TO loosen, and often bringing il in con tact
with the iron plate. The 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 aud firmly glued
and fastened, the grain OF each section crossin g
the grain Of the one next to II in d.fferent line
or direction. So that the tuning-pins have the
pressure Of the end wood against them in every
direction, making IL impossible for the pin to
loosen itself II does whore Il has pressure
against the sides of the grain, il has in all 9TH
or pianos. This, too, prevents the splitting of the
wrest plank.
"The construction Of the case and the oombina-
ton Of the iron framo herewith, aiso claim "a
being and improved. The left lower end II
the frame, being Embedded orsetin the solid wood,
or We believe Ito use technical term butted
against the wrest-plank, at point and on line
just inside OF the line Of the tunng-pins by which
means first, great additional strength Is gained,
second, the frame being 50 sunk in the wood, al.
lows the stringng las before descrbed) 20 be close
20 the wrest-plank, and third, the great desidera
tum, so long sought for by the trade, tul iron
frame without poS-'hlity OF tho thning-pins
"0ur agrafe arrangement Is ap"ther great I'M.
provemg mt effected In simple bu, superior man
nor. hollow bar. cast with tho frame and open
ing the under side and extending along the
line OF the tuning los, has fitted into IL arevers-
cd wooden bridge, in which the bridge pins are
inserted. This reversed bsdge, being triho
lower than the wrest. plank, gives an upward "a
also size bearing to the strings, and by this
admirable arrangement an ngrahe Ia obtained that
gives firm position 10 the strings that no blow
from the hammer eau displaee. similar plan
on an iron bedding has been before attempted, but
always IN connection with the complicated undor-
hampers, which Invariably become displaced and
/, out Of order.
ain the Aron Piano we use the French damp
or, universally acknowledged ss tho best, acting
from their own weight alone. They are hrmly
hinged, and can move neither TO the right nor Ia
the left, bus only In the direction required. Thus
Il will be seen that our agrano Arrangement IL
complete, not only In itself bat In al its conhec-
ton with other parts Of the action,
"With other Bgrnnes now IN ure, there are sew
crai difficulties that can not be remedied. first
tho wire strings run through eye la tho top Il
screw, pin, and must Nc the eye exactlyj or II
will create an unpleasant, buEsing sound. The
same difficulty Is apt 10 occur when, from constant
using tho strain upon tho string lessons In III
size. or the constant vibration on the inside Of the
eye wears the eye larger.
"The screw or pin, too, for the reason icon.
slant vibration ~ will at timcs become loose
and cause an unpleasant jarring W the chord
None Of these disadvantage can happen to The
> Afion ngranc."
We have above given Mr. Manners claims fo
the superiority OF the Arion Piano Fortcs aud hi
. objections 10 other pianos, In nearly his owl
words, and be was very ready TO take ~ through
out tho factory and explain all tho different de
> partmcnts Of Il TO as. We had fair chance o
jud cling Of It's merits, and think the claims Of th'
Arion are we'll based. It's Mt least one OF the
very best pianos before tho public.-[Df
Daily Times.
All Of our Pianos viii DO finished With the nov
> self.actug prop stick for holding mp the top o
the Piano. The patent for which, AZ also the pat
cnt for tho Arion, Il owned by US exclusively.
Send for Illustrated Price Lat.
MANNER X co 1871 and 1s9 Dowsry,
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