The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-08-13

that form Of musical Instrument has Been
steadily gaining In popular favor. twenty
thousand homes were rejoicing In IL sweet
and touching melody before the initial pnt-
ent was Ave years old; and, 30 great did
the demand become that other manufac-
tories sprang up TO vie with the originating
firm, we'll known 90 Carhart n Needham,
now Il. P, Needham q Son, Of tho city Of
New York. Many Of these rival makers
have ceased TO manufacture the melodeon
In It's original form, but the pioneer house
referred to IL still shipping TO various parts
of the world thousands OF tho scroll-leg
and pinno-cnse instruments, with the man
u~facture Of which their Immense business
started In 1916; and the constant demand
for these cheap and yet 'dear" little homo
companions hes not suffered thom to relax
thoir efforts to mako them moro aud more.
worthy Of their popularity.
Extensive, however, as their molodeon
trade still continues to be, IL forms but q
fractional proportion of tho business of tho
great New York firm; and IL Is only q por.
ton Of tho credit duo their efforts to say
that thoy established tho reed instrument
trade In this country, for they have been,
also, tho most energetic and successful OK
porimontors for lie improvement and do
volopment TO It's present prevailing type
the 'sOrqan." The firm In question was of
n composition that could not fail to pro-
duoe remarkable results. Whore Carhart
left tho molodeon, Noodham took Il up
and transformed 10 from tho boautiful lit
tic songster that might grnco tho cottage
parlor or tho city boudoir, 10 tho mag
nihcent reed organ whose rich and
mellow tones peal thro' tho nlsloq OF
many O church and nh with their majestic
melody tho gildcd halls Of our motropoli.
tau paluccs; and now when wo como TO
consider tho vnst number Of church, school
and parlor organs that nro constantly lssu-
ing from tho extensive works Of E.P.N Need
ham a Son, tho difference IL so great M TO
throw tho mclodeon figures, largo, rs In
deed, thoy are, entirely into tho shade.
Their extraordinary success IL n natural ro-
suit Of tho possossicn Of certain original
advantages az we'll M q constant care to
improve those advantages and secure all
others that enterprise, hard thinking and
experiment could compass. Starting with
oil Of Carhart's patents, and with tho full
and exclusive benefit Of his fertile ingenu-
it's when In its primo, their improve
monts wore not oven limited 10 his
experiments and successes. They held and
used ut an carly day, tho "Pneumatic stop"
an automatic device for securing tho whole
weight Of tho atmosphere ns n means of
closing the registers. Experienced IN the
manufacture Of reeds the inventors, In
fnct, Of tho reed In its present form they
were tho first tho bass down 10 thirty-two
feet G. But their greatest stop In advance
was taken in 1869, when Mr.. L. Z. Need
ham, perfected and patented n peculiar
construction Of the action, which enables
thomto combine any desired number Objects
r .sfa.NaaH unT ws.N waN.fA a Held In.
touch. Tho mechanism IL simple, com
pact and economical, yet capable Of
Indefinite extension, and has boon applied
to organs with eighteen sets Of reeds. This
house also introduced tho Combination
swell' and "Grnnd organ Foot-stop,"
which can be operated with tho feet while
engaged In supplying tho bellows, giving
nm immense graduating poworto the instru-
mont, while they arc far moro manageable
aud convenient than the old kneoswoll and
stops. Mr.. NcodhAm hns lntoly supple
mentcd to tho Rheumatic stop" nm mr.
mngomont which he holds undcr tho nnmo
of q "stop-kcopcr," and which rondors the
stop forever Interchangeable by tao influence
Of atmospheric variations.
Messrs. Il. Z. Needhnm a. Son have
an almost exclusive control over tho tmde
In the matter OF largo instruments, since
thoy alone have facilities for constructing
them with duTnblo certainty OF notion and
at reasonable prices. They Aro mover with
out contracts to build for churches or pri-
vnto individuals, extensive and ornate
styles Of the reed organ. But, %ofcourse, In
respect Of numbers OF sales, tho smaller
kinds, coming NJ low figures, Rre vastly In
excess; and It iB probably upon this clnes
OF Instruments that tho popularity Of the
firm depends. Their parlor and church
organs are scattered oil over tho vest and
everywhere carry q reputation for
sweetness Of tono and durability
that Ia as Mandatory Of
their makers skill as their beautiful finish
taste. Their most prominent agents In
the west ore Messrs. Bnuor & Co., OF Chi
cngo; Mr.. G. NJ. March, Of Cincinnati; Mr..
Il. Kussnor, of Terro Hauto, and Mr.. T.
=. Anderson, OF Fl Wayne. We have
Just Ind under examination n handsome
pamphlet issued undor tho nhme OF ''Tho
Silver Tongue" which, among other IN
teresting and readable musical matter, con-
tains an illustrated description Of Mcssrs.
u. p. N. & Sons instruments. II IL pro.
pared under their own supervision, and IL
sent free, we understand, 10 any one maxi
ing application.
Wo can not moro nttingly close this mr.
ticlo than by the following notice Of IN
now achievement In the world of Music"
which we clip from tho New York Daily
Tribune:
Tho onviAblo reputation which Messra.
f.. Z. Necdham & Son OF this city have
long enjoyed "a the pioneers (under tho
style of CarhArt n NoedhAm) and most rolf
ablo producers Of roed musical instruments
seoms about TO culminato In tho pmndost
and most comprehensive combination OF
improvements hat has ovor fallen TO the
lot of a single business firm to
introduce 10 q music loving public.
They have ever recognized tho fact that
tho reed--Ho rich and mellow In It's gontlor
breathings- can mover rival In power and
roundnoss Of lone tho pipes OF tho ordin-
airy church organ; and indeed tho problem
Of the harmonious combination OF pipes
with reeds hns boon the ultima ihade Of all
lovers OF tho separate beauties Of those
hitherto distinct styles OF musical instru-
ments. Tho problem hns boon trum-
phantly solved by tho porsoyoring
study Of Mr.. Necdhnm, and tho first
md only successful combined pipe In
reed orgnn now stands, mid tho thousand
''sllyor tongues" that speak his fame, in
tho warorooms Of tho Arm in Twenty
third strOet-a combination capable of
n softer and Bwcetor range Of expression
than any exclusively pipe instrumont-
grander and moro powerful than any
nero reed organ-moro various, and
yet moro evenly balanced than
either alone. It Is well worthy tho
visits Of any Of our citizens who may BIO In
torested In the progress Of musical s%cienco,
or blessed with q love Of the noble melody
which that science has enabled man To
produce"
Tho wool clip Of Knox county, o., this
year, is estimated at COO, 900 pounds, being
about one-fourth loss than that Of last year,