Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-07-22
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lie Hullsf frln II ihe il4fih A. II SAlfl-
lea before ne lime q Moses, sas bu' lhs
dim IInILrsy ~ he magnificent liana
! Tarte afsatla~ The History Of this insiTu-
laout l. fall ~ poetic interest aul is assa-
eia.sl silh the elegant arts, tie dsEoiioR-
/ al exercises, aRl popular smnsemenis "
f.any nations a.l countries, It's aalhsn'
tie history covers = period Of mere ihAh
900 years, The instrument IL pictured
/ on the Ioomhs Of HgypiiaH kings, amenF
I the mountains 81 the vest Of Ihebes IL Is
ofien mentioned ia GTeeiAh ahi Roman
/ history, aud IL VAS smPhysi in rendering
. the orphie ehsnls II she Hebrew poets shi
musicians, The sallAHi kAighls Of tn'
rope, for two centuries, went = Sooihs uh,
der rs inspira,ioni aud the romance Ani
minslrelsy Of the Trouha,lours o. southern
France sad northern lIaiF Gye insePsTs'
Die from tie hntbTy ~ Che harp, Ahd
nov, .Eong I'll the tAas'eAi 'hs'iumehi.
and cherished objects 10 he faana ia the
homes Of The most enlightened nations, the
llaTP-in the superior form Of The best TT
AN0-is ofall others the one thar ministers
most essentially 10 The hArPlasss Of our
social life.
The car aud the judgement arc ofen slh-
gularly Influenced by snr fsFs6uhl reier-e
enees, or q previous eohNle'ion' Fsopl
who are not ordinarily prone TO profanity
yet swear by Henry Wart Beeeher aud
accept him as The uhiSssa, oracle, TO be
believed In aud quoted alike by Christians
and lnhiels. The newspapers all print
the grotesque sayings Of Mark Twain as
the quintessential extract u real witt
People who love to run In a groove, rrals'
cd Steinway snd Chiekering, until those
gentlemen came 10 be regarded as tho only
worthy representatives Of all tho excel
lenue to DO found In stringed instruments
such as they nlahufacture. Indeed, IL was
soine time sinte taken for granted that oil
the Gold Medals aud Premiums including
the Legion OF Honor, and the siereotyred
testimonials ofa legion OF mierni'd wit
nesses, must, a. a matiSr Of eoUTss, be awAr- |
ded TO those parties, who certainly have |
assisted toward perfecting the most Naln- |
able musical instrument in the world.
The proprietuts Of the AKRON PIASo |
FORTE, compromising this chronic habit q
mankind, and believing HAL their Pianos
were really superior TO all ulherr, sngges-
ted The fairrst possible method Of testing
the relative merits Of the several instrli-
mcnts exhibited in competition by III. dlf.
ferent makers. This trial oociirtei imhie.
iiatcly after the Paris Exposition, in pres
once Of tho officers Of the American lnsh-
tute. The instruments Of different manu-
including chickering's, Stein
ways, the ARIoS and others, were all COW
,red Except the keys,) 60 that the eye
,ould not distinguish ono from another
lius leaving no opportunity for the cx-
PRESTON Of biased Judgement. After n
air trial of all the Pianos, which ocCu-
,ied two hours, the Judges dstingushed
nd eminent mu,iciahs-concurre in the
election u one instrument. as superior to
he others, which on the removal of the
overng, proved to he the ArioS. With q
lew Of rendering this trial the more deci
i've the players and judges then retired
rom the rootn. In their altaeEes the III (
nos were again covered, md their posi-
ions changed. The reader il loft 10 Imagine
no surprise and modification Of the chicfT
qmpstitors when the second trial ended in
hs selection Of tie same instrument, #
There is little occasion for further com ,
lent. 1t is well known that excellent opin- ,
ons may he obtained for a.iiberaL commits ..
ans on the sales that such opinions may
3 instrumental in accomplishing. But
a this case there vas neither private in
crest nor pers6nal pre- uditc to influence {
he Judgment. No fairer Test colild have ]
cen devised; and the result of this men, {
rable trial certainly confers upon the I
toprietOrs of the Patent Anioy FIASo a :,
is'ihclion of far greater practical impor-
Ince than the Legion of flonor.-From c
rittan's "City & Country" Newark, N. j. @