Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-03-07
GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PATENT ARI0N PIANO F0RTES.

PATENT ARI0N PIANO F0RTES.
which they offer with al the usual guarantees, In
competition with The SieinWRy, Chckrring, or any
uihrr hrsicls,' plano, believing they do that the
ATlOn u. superior I" any other,
Read below the article frem the Bro 'klyn Daily
Times.
MR. Amor, OrgAnl,t Of tho Church Of Our
Saviour, says Of the Axiom;
MssT., Manner & 90.
GINTLInEN'-I have critically examined and sew.
rral times played upon ono of your Arion Piano
furics, aud IL affords ne much pleasure to nld my
l-'iim"ny IN favor ~ your superior Instruments
For elasticity Of touch, for tho staging quality, so
much sought tor 10y artists, and for richness aud pu.
iiy OF tone It isunexeecd by any piano have c"er
, used. J. ". ABBOTT,
organisi Of the Church OF the Saviour Of brooklyn,
New York.
Prof joins W. HrSRr CAssorL, editor Of the
imsricdH Educational Monthly, snys3
%" "Lision however, to one 81 another class, for
example, ono Of tho Arlon Pianos made by Manner
Co, Bow your head as the bass sends forth it's
riches, clcar and unblurrcd; observe the singing,
swelling melody that IN Its middle octa,es won.
drcusy represents vocal expression, and which pre-
dominates above even the svery brillancy Of the
upper treble Then reflect that this Is sci"ntical-
ly constructed durable instrument, and II you have
at home ordinary, fuurth.rate piano, whose bca-
~ Of tone Ind vanished than the uStrc of its
yarnish, chidc not your child for lack Of expression,
nor wonder when your wife is playing that she
seems to have no soul. The instrument as well MS
tho performer must have power Of expression pi-
ano' 1t may almost be said, as we'll as singer must
have n soul"
From ''The BROOKLYN DAILY Times"
ave will say that tho Arion Piano Forte, is ve-
~ elegant instrument of the largest class aud very
highly finished. Muscally, il has full, deep, rich
tone, and the most powerful that we layo ever listen
ed to. 1t has in a higher degree than any piano
that have met with, the singing quality char
Rcter, that musicians M much admire and seek for
/ In piano. The hass-nOtcs reminding yOu Of the
dccp. toned notes Of large organ. The Middle De-
tayes more elastic aud clear than In most other
pianos, owing to peculiar arrangements that We shall
speak of hereafter, while the upper treble notes
possess that pnrc distinct, beike clcarncss that is
So necessary TO the correct rendering Of difficult
pieces OF music and that also lends such ch arm to
melody. The Arion scale is from to G, as TO meet
all the requirements Of modern music, which II seven
octave piano will not do.
"To obtain power You must have strength We
haved attained this in the peculiarly Of the frame
before alluded 10, :nd In the OF bar IN the d.
rcction and on line with the heavy steel stringing
under the "ovcr strung as" This bar passing
beneath the stringing and running dagonaly from
the front right.hand corner, to the back left.hand
corner of the case, gives strength where most need
cd and where most other psnOs fail in fact 1t might
not inapty termed the spine or back bone of the p
ano.
"Thcy sta nd In tune longer than other pianos, TO
effect which we again enabled by the peculiar
shape ofour iron Frame to short pins so that the
piano Is strung close to tho wrcst- lank thus al
most doing away with leverage strain on the tun.
ing pin, which In some pianos is ut least three
quarters of an inch above the pin, causing the pin
loosen and often bringing it in contact with the
iron plate. The construction Of tho wrest- plank
has also great advantage over those of other pianos
in being formed OF four sections of hard wood laid
horizontally and firmly glued and fastened, the grain
of each section crossing the grain of the one next TO
IL in different line direction. SO that the tuning
pins have the pressure Of the end wood against them
in every dire:ion, making II mpossible Tor the PIN
to loosen itself as 1t docs 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 case and tho combine
ton of the iron frame herewith we also claim as
being new and improved The left lower end OF the
frame, being i'm bedded set in the solid wood, or
believe TO use technical term butted agans, the
wrest plank at point and on line just inside of
| the line of the tuning-pins by which means hrst'
great additional strength is gained, second, Inc
frame being SO sunk in the wood allows the string
plank, and third, the great desideratum, so long
sought for for the trade, full iron frame without
possibility OF the tuning.p pins coming in contact
| with II, Is gained.
| sour az raffe arrangement is another great i'm
provcment effected in simple but superior manner.
| hollow bar, cast with the frame aud opening on
the under side and extriUnng 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 trifle lower than the wrest
plank, gives upward also side.bearing to the
| strings, and by this admirable arrangement an
agrafre Is obtained that gives firm position to the
strings that no blow from the hammer can dispiace.
| A similar plan on iron bedding has been before
| ATTEMPTED but always In connection with the COM
| plicated under -dampers, which invariably become
| displaced and out of order.
sin the Arion Piano we use the French damper,
universally acknowledged as the hest, acting from
their own weight alone. They are firmly hinged,
and can neither to the right nor TO the leit but
only in the direction required Thus II will be sren
that our agrane arrangement is complete, not only
in itself but in all its connections with other parts
| of the action.
"with other agranes now In use, there several
| a; ult that remPdied, IirEt, the wire