Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-29
GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PATENT AKRON PIANO FORTES.

tnty bHeT WIN MI Tue usual guarantees, in
competition with the Seinway, chickering, or any
other rstclass piano, believing as they do that tho
Arion is superior to any other.
Read below the article frcm the Bro ,kiyn Daily
Times. -.
Mr. ABBorT, organist of the Church of Our
Saviour, says Of tho Arion:
Mesrs. Manner It Co.:
GENTLEMEN:- have critically examined and sew
eral times played upon one of your Arou Piano
Fortes, and it affords me much pleasure to add my
testimony in favor of your superior Instruments
For elasticity OF touch, for the singing qualfy, so
much sought for by artists and for richness and pu.
rity of tone 1t is unexcolled by any piano have ever
used. J. NJ. ABBOTT,
New York. ~. r-.
Prof JonN W. Henry CASSoLL, editor of tho
American Educational Monaiiy, says ..
81" "Lisen, however, to one Of another class for
example, one of the Aron Pianos made by Manner
4 Co. Bow your head as the bass sends forth its
riches, clear and unburrod observe the singing,
swelling melody that in its middle octaves so Won
drcusy represents vocal expression and which pre-
dominates above the silvery brilli,ncy Of The
upper treble. Then reflect that this is scentifcal
y cons lrcted durable ins trument, ard II have
at home ordinary, fourtl rate pauo, whose bean
ty of tone had vanished sooner than the ustre of its
varnish, chde not your chd Tor lack of expression,
nor wonder when your wife is playing that she
seems to have no soul. The instrument as well as
theperiormer must have power Of expression n pi-
anc 1t may almost be said, well singer, must
have sonl." i.1N 4lat. %
From 'TLe Brooklyn DAILY Tines:'' J. r,..
I'VE viii say that the Arion Piano Forte. is a
~ elegant instrument OF the largest class and very
highly finished. Musically, 1t has full deep, rich
tone, and the most powerful that havo 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 plano. The bass-notes reminding you of the
deept notes of large organ. The Middle Oc-
taves are more elastic and clear than in most other
pianos, owing to peculiar arrangements that shall
speak Of hereafter while the upper or treble notes
possess that pure, distinct, bellike that is
so necessary to the correct rendering of difficult
pieces OF music and that also lends such charm to
melody. The Arion scale is from TO @, TO meet
all the requirements ofmodern music, which seven
octave piano will not do. t.ia .-s.t
"To obtain power yon must have strength. We
haved attained this In the peculiarity of the frame
before alluded to, and In tho OF bar IN the d.
recion and on line with the heavy steel sringing
under the tower strung lass" This bar passing
beneath the stringing and running diagonally from
the front rght-hand corner, to the back left.hand
corner Of the gives strength where most need
ed and where most other pianos fail in fact it might
not inapily termed the spine or back bone of the p
ano. yFfa7fnH HH9 ars Ifil
"They sta nd In tune longer than other pianos, to
effect which we are again enabled by the peculiar
shape ofour iron frame, to use short pins so that the
piano is strung close TO the wrest-f 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
TO loosen, snd often bringing II In contact with the
iron plate. The construction of the wrest-plank
has also great advantage those Of other pianos
In Icing formed OF fout sections OF hard wood laid
horizontally and firmly glued and fastened the grain
Of each section cruising the grain Of the to
II in different line direction SO that the tuning
pins have the pressure OF the end wood against them
in every direction, making 1t impossible for the pin
to loosen itself as 1t does where IL has pressure
against the sides Of the grain II has in all other
pianos. This, too, prevents the splitting Of the
wrestplank.
s'The construction Of the case and the oombina-
iion Of the iron frame Herewith, we also claim
being new and improved. Theleft lower end Of the 1
believe Ito use technical term but against the
wrest plank, at point and line just inside Of
the line OF the tunins.Pins BY which means first,
great additional strength Is gained, second, tho
frame beng 50 sunk in tbe woo allows the string
ing las before described) to be close 10 the wrest
plank, and third, the great desideratum, 90 long
sought for for the Trades NIL Iron frame without
possibility Of the ,tuning-pns coming In contact |
sour seraf'e arrangement is smother great i'm
provement effected IN simple but supe rior 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 Il, a reversed wooden
bridge in which the bridge pins are inserted This
reversed bridge, being trihe lower than the vrcst-
riank gives upward ns also side- bearing the
strings, and by this admirable arrangement an |
sgrafe !. obtained that gives arm position . the
similar plan on an irth bedding has BEEN before |
attempted, but aiways in connection with the com
plicated nnder-dsmpers, witch Invariably become
''Ih the Arion Piano we uss The French danper,
universally acknowledged - the best. acting from I
ihsir own weight .lons- They are hrmly hinged.
and move neither 20 the right 20 the leff but
oniy IN The direction required. Thus il viii BE- sen
that aEra6r arraneement Il complete not only 4
IN Itself Int IN All is connectons vita other pafts
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