Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-03-28
GRiND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
PATENT ARiON PIANO PORTES.

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sNsmp's, ons II he AIien risuos made - Manner
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Tirhss, FlnsF sni untiuTTpti Dt,fre the staging,
saeilins msisiy thatin iis mhiis uclasrs sOn'
drnsig nplrsfnis sural oppression, ani which pTr'
teammates slafu eva Iha silgrTy huliianry Il he
upIeT trslls Ilss RESET that iLis i .ri@nlIasaI,
iy constructed dufstr iHsiTumrni, apt 10 yuu have
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~ ~ iaEe bad Vauislsi ,gnsT lhsn ihu lusirs Gifts
NaTash, rhitf not your child Zoe lack II expression,
not sRndrT When AuuT Niiu 10 playing that she
seems o. have 10 sHul, Tho insiTuntnt Nrll ~
hrIrFiarmrI musi lave is'vrT n expression pr
snn u insS aau'i 10 said' a. well asa sni5F' must
Fra ''Tls Rssilrs nlRv T-s,,"
eve n 10 ssT that the AFiun Piinn FORTE, 4 Ne-
y elegant Instrument u tho hrsesi clsss aud very
highly nuishrl Muisally, Il has Tan. deep, rich
tone, sud tie meet powerful that " hsrrsy iisten'
- Ca, n has DO hilhrT fssr~ than auy plino
that 49, have Ag' siih, 'hr susiuE quail ~ ylar'
ariFF, that mu I.Hs 80 ttHtl fulTH arI s.rk tHi
IN a piano. Iht is,f.nH'r, r,uIutT 500 HI fhF
drsp, lunri rni-, ~ q iaFsr"rsan, TITO MHlir nr-
ia'rsa are more elastic sud 'i''r than in u'' oile
pianos, owing 10 peculiar arIarstmrni ihItNo shEll
spfak % hereafter While The upr~T ~ iTrllr Notes
possess pure, distinct hrlikr rleaTnrss that il
- nrressary 10 the rornrri rendering ~ dinlrult
pecrs q mnsic and that also lends such charm 10
melody, The Arun scale l. irom To q, 10 meet
al tho rrquir monis ofmnlgru music, which seven
octave piano Will not DO,
''ro obtain power YOU must have strength. We
hAve1 attained this In tho prtHlATty Of the frame
leiorr alluded TO- vni IN tie of lar ~ the IL.
rcctiun ani IN linc With the heavy steel siringng
under the "Oyer strung las This hHr passing
beneath tho struggling and running dingnnally from
the front rghi.haud corner, To- the back len.hand
corner 81 thee give strength where most need
ed and where other pianos fail In fact II might
not iuapiy termed the spnc or back bone Of tue pi'
Ann.
"Thsy siaad In tune longer than other pianos, to
effect which We nrc again enabled by tho peculiar
shape ofonr iron frame, 10 short pins 40 that the
plano l. strung close TO the wTost.plank thus al
most doing away with leverage strain on the tun'
ing pin, which In some pianos, Il ut least three.
quarters of an inch above the PIN causing the pin
TO loosen aud often bringing IL In contact with the
iron plate. The construction OF tho wrcst-plnnk
has also great advantage 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 next to
II IN different llIc direction. So that the tuning
pins have the pressure 0 the end wood against them
In every direction, making II impossible for the pin
to loosen itself as II does where II has pressure
against the sides of tho grain It has In all other
pianos. This, too, prevents tho splitting of the
wrest-plnnk.
"Thc construction Of the case and tho combina.
ton of the Iron frame herewith we also claim as
being new aud improved. The len lower end of the
frame, being imbcddel set In the solid wood, or
we believe TO technical tcrn) butted against the
wrestplank, at point and on line just inside OF
the limo Of the tuning-pins by which means first,
great additional strength Is gained, second, the
frame beng sunk in the wood, allows the string
ing las before dcscrihcd) TO bc close to the wrcst-
pllnk, and third, the great desidcranm, so long
sought for for tho trade, full iron frame without
possibility Of the tuning-pins coming III contact
with It, Is gained.
"Our agraTc 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 arc inserted. TINS
reversed bridge, being trile lower than tho wrost-
plank, gives upward as also sdc.bearing to the
strings, and by this admirable arrangement an
agrafie is obtained that gives firm position to the
strings that no blow from the hammer can displace
similar plan on an iron bedding has been before
attempted but always in connection with the COM
plicated under .dampers, which invariably become
displaced and ont of order.
SIN the Arion Piano uso the French damper,
universally acknowledged rs 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 or agraffc arrangement is complete, not only
In itself but in all its connections with other parts
Of the action.
"Wih other agrafres now in use, there are several
difficulties that cannot remcded. First, the wire
strings run througlran eye in the top of screw or
pin and must fit the eye exactly, or it Will create an
unpleasant buzzing sound. The same difficulty Is
ant to occur when, from constant using, the strain
upon the string lessons in its size or the constant vi
bration on the inside of the eye wears the eye larger
"Tho screw pin, too, for the same reason CON
slant vibration it) will at times become loose ana
cause an unpleasant Earring to the chords. None OF
these dsad vantagcs can happen to the Aron agralc
We have above given Mr. Manners claims for the
superiority of the Aron Piano Fortes and his obec.
tions to other pianos, in nearly his own words and
he was very ready take us throughout the factory
and explain all the different departments of 1t to US:
We had a fair chance of Judging of its merits and
think the claims of the Arion well based II IS
at least of the very best pianos before the public
-Brookyn Daily Times.
| All of our Pianos will be finished with the new
self ting prop stick for holding up the top OF the
Piano The patent for which, as also the patent for
the Arion, is owned by us exclusively
Send for Illusi rated Price List.
MANNER & CO., 1877 and lS9 Bowery,
June 20, O7--i09mos. NEW YORK.