Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-22
GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
+ ATENT ARION PIANO FORTES.


,npciiton with the sieinway, Chiekering, or any
other first ciass piano. believing as they do that the
Arion is superior to any other.
Read below the article frcm the Bro pklyn Daily
Times.
Mr.. ABBOTT, orgapIst of tho Church of Our
Saviour, says Of the Arion
Mesrs. Manner d Co
GENrLEMEN:-I have critically examined and sew
era" times PlaSsS Upon on" 81 y@r Aron r.no
testimony in faror OF your superior nstrumonts.-
For elasticity of touch, for the singing quality SO
much sought for by artists, and for richness and pu.
riiy Of tone 1t isunexceed by my piano have ever
organst of the Church of the Saviour Of Brooklyn,
Now York.
Prof JoHS W. HENRI CAyxoLI, editor of tho
american Educational Monthly, says
q" 'Lis'en, however, to one Of another class, l..
example, one of the Arion Pianos made by Manner
4 Co. Bow your head tho bass sends forth its
riches, clear and unblurrod observe the singing,
swelling melody that in its middle octaves so won.
drcnty represents vocal expression, and which pre-
dominates above even the silycry briliancy Of The
upper treble. Then reflect that this Ia Il sccntifcal.
ly constructed durable instrument, and If you have
at home an ordinary, fourth.rac piano, whose beau.
~ OF tone had vanished sooner than the strc Of its
varnish chide 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 rs
the performer must have power of expression nj
ano, II may almost be said as well singer must
have soul"
From 'The Brooklyn Daily Times
@,
ry elegant instrument of the largest class and very
highly finished Musically, 1t has a full, deep, rich
Tone and the most powerful that we have ever listen
ed to- 1t has In a higher degree than any piano
that we have met with, the singing quality char
acter that musicians so much admire and seek for
In piano. The bass notes reminding you Of tho
deep. toned notes of large organ. The Middle DC.
taves more elastic and clear than In most other
pianos owing 10 peculiar arrangements that we shall
speak Of hereafter, while the upper treble notes
possess that pure, distinct beIike clearness that is
an tn fba MD ,,f inulf
pieces Of music, and that also lends such char to
melody The Arion scale is from TO c. 80 as TO meet
all the requirements ofmodern music, which seven
octave piano will not do.
"To obtain power You must have strength. We
hayed attained this in the popularity Of the frame
before alluded to, and in the use Of bar IN the d.
rection and on line with the heavy steel stringing
under the "over strung bass" This bar passing
beneath the stringing and running diagonally from
the front right-hand corner, to the back ef-hand
corner Of the case, gives strength where most need
ed and where most other pianos fail in fact il might
not inapy termed the spine or back bone of the pi-
ano
"They stand In tune longer than other pianos, to
effect which we are again enabled by the peculiar
shape ofour iron Frame to short pins so that the
piano 10 strung close to the wrest- ank thus al
most doing away with leverage strain on the tun-
ing pin, which In some piaros, Is Mt least three
quarters of an inch above the pin, causing the pin
to loosen, and often bringing 1t in contact with the
iron plate. The construction of the wrest- plank
has also great advantage those Of other pianos.
in being formed Of four sections Of hard wood laid
horizontally and nrmly glued and fastened, the gram
Of each section crossing the grain Of the next to
II IN different line direction. So that the tuning
pins have the pressure OF the end wood against them
in every dire:ton, making Il imp ossible for the pin
to loosen itself 1t does where 1t has pressure
against the sides Of the grain 1t has in all other
pianos. This, too, prevents the splitting Of the
wrest- plank.
"The construction Of the case and the combina-
ton Of the iron frame Herewith, we also claim as
being and improved. The left lower end OF the
Frame being imbedded set In the solid wood, or
hall IN against the
wrest. plank, at point and on line just inside o
the line Of the tuning-pins by which means hrst,
great additional strength is gained, second, tn
frame being so sunk in the wood allows the string
ing les before described TO be close to the VT st
plank, and third, the great desideratum, so long
sought for for the trade, full iron frame without
possibility Of the tuning pins coming In contact
with Il, Is gained.
"Our agraTe Arrangement 10 another grJst 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 hns % the
tuning pins, has fitted into ~, q reverss4 Ecolen
bridge, in which the bridge pins are nserted This
reversed bridge being trihe lower than the wrcst
plank, gives upward a. also side bearing TO the
strings, and BY this admirable srrahgsalelt an
sgrafe 10 obtained that gives firm position q. The
strngs that no blow from the hammer can disIlaoe.
A similar plan an iron bedding has been before
attempted, but always in connection with the con-
plicated under-dampers, which Invariably bccums
dispisced and out OF order.
'ln the Arion Piano the French daripsr
universally scknovledged as the best, acting from
and neither TO the right nor to the ~, INT
only In the direction required. Thus IL viii - 800
that agrafe arrangement IL completes not obs
in itself but in all its connections with other pAIts
Of the action.
with other agrnfes now In use, there are several
difficulties that cannot remedied- First the ore
strings through eye in the tsp 81 screw, 20
pin ard must At the eye exactly, or d VIII create ~
unpleasant, buzzing sound. The same dificulty -
apt 20 occur when, from constant using the FirHn
upon the srin lessons IN s size, or the cnnsant ~
Hafnr On fht inside offhe I'VE tie rys lsre--
Tile screw plf, too, frr tis s-rns rrssrh feqa-
sfarf vibration it uil 81 fHn-s l-1.rH. Joe 80
fal-s ll
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We have aII-e -l .uar-
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lions o. rlfl.-r lia-.-r 81 rHrrlr bic -1 arn
be was rery resdy f- take us thr.n-ilt tt= rf-rF
and explain all fhs dier-nt l-pzrfHeta- ~ b. 81
We had fair chance q judging a ifs merits nnl
think the claims q tie Arian wi ia--d- u =
A. least 81 the r--y h-s pianos h-fretts D. bli1
Broollrn D1flr Tf---s-
An of our Pisnas VII b. finished uffh ~. -
reif setting Frrp sfick for hoidlnz ~ n 80 - ~
Piarn- Ths Faf-rf ST rhirh. niss n Fzfra- -
The 1riun, is ovued - ~ exclusively
send f-lr Tflusfrrfef Price lat
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