, 1876-10-21
The American System Of Piano. Making
Once More Grncea with Emil
nent Honors.
A Cosmopolitan Group Of Jurors Re-
cord Their Estimate Of tho Fa-
nous steinwaJ Method.
Official Report Of the Chief Distinction
Bestowed by the Centennial
Judges.
The Pianos Nhltb Ire Characterized bJ thl
"t1ighest Degree Of Excellence In
all St5ltl."

rFfon The Chicago TINES n Oct. 3o.l
PHILADELPHIA, Oct, 10.-Qncstton any Under
standing student Of the Centennial who has been
identified with IT. hest interests throughout. a. to
what plaao Of tho Exposition has nssumed q para.
mount Importance, and sho anawer 10 ever The
sarne, It ID thnt the plano feature hzs maintained
continuous craving valna from the start: that the
relative worth of the various makes of these natru'
mcnts has been fe{t 70 bo Undergoing lta hnai
crowning test md that he result as eeen wa,sa
xest which shows the consequence attached 10 the
matter By cultured ChrIstcndom.
making hnd bcoi, gracefully conceded BY vtrtuosoa,
liz Atlantic for year,. That system was now to
holiday gathering Of nations Ia IT. own land.
What, therefore. was moro natural than that the
s g # s s htGsHe sssn
Tho Centennial plano !uises. Though there was
that the American, OF more properly the ste!nway,
nrthod would see tbe permanent apex Of its glory
IN the decslon Of :hs.o Judges, ,yet tho sttarp
general on the pnst Of the exponenta uf ancient
theories in piano manufacture. that an intense
anxiety fot the result psrsadcd a'l admirers OF NIL
rio Judges, themselves men Of broad experience
md Wise determination. i.-cosmopottan not only
in sensins tio fact and reasons Of popular excite
tho an!ssE.a' .os!tHas + tho.:
1uftes ut LordOn. PQFtB. aud Vienna
MUST lie REITERATED,
and thnt The name Ut Stetnway q Sons mast again
be blazoMcd to the world as The ineatnation of al
manufnctnrc. but they proceeded to the task with
ali discretion weighing patiently each great and
ss o1 spaans eds sewsy se
tered at the Exposition from America, England,
France, Germany. ltoly. Austra, ard Aass!s " T.!
dorstood tic s!tuaton 80 WE'LL these shrewd jarors.
| that thcy put themselves on record In
| LANGuA0E 81 UNMlsTARApLE
sasssesn the seseEeiesty Il stsInxsy ssa: i !;
deoo s
Tho featlcr need not accept any nssertion for the
juty'a Intention In this matter, although have
position from tile outset and hare bad persona
tas.s @Saa5shs M 81 pianos quote the s'esf' teF'e
nov oi!eially promulgated: p:nt .,:, ,u,,.a.,.c c,d
| Equarc, and Upright pianos exhibited BY STxtHwA1
4 soSs. respectfully recommend the same to th'
United States Centennial Commission for award
Fo1 ss % grsa,tsf eoaeer tapacltytn Grand piano.
as al.o hightst dtgrtt Of etetl|enes 1" alt thti
styles of pianos, H.. targfsf solHtnt, purity, an
lin asso nope! dftposition Or the stFlnas and con
ttrHctt0n, and braetnP Of fhe E1efot frame"
| Then comca Brtcthr, technical mention OF IN
six noble improvements applied BY this hrH to q
their piaRos, of recent construction. aater whic
tho Judges ''a THE ro11ow,so:
tamplcs q MET4I fAHrs Ed MAunT4Ix M ~ :.d IL FrI
ss. sso ssnpss = .sss T.sssS sf.SSEis M Tssss:
sTsf: sSmro;ts si. :n9T ,s ae gat
llrtnnes a;a unifG!mity of metal strus.nte asteels
~ a 4 ean.r cnn,is,ai ~ aSonsrstxd
I dlo9;s ss y e
vastly Increased tension q str1nes w!thuat so s!RhtE
danger ot hreak O. nss - sai ngsal traes tSTet
"g n Ct tef 81 n H1Une +
,,,,aoa. wv: ian W IL X tMiyer. j. Ecbie1mayr
i!enrva r. 1irIstow. joscnh Henri, I. ieYasacn
Il T. jjiJrard. r. T. Kupke. Sir William Tho1,1
son. JAMES e. Watson. Ed Favlc pcnet, and
\. i, barnard, bearing Individual md united te
t!mony 10 thoir hearty aequ'eesccncc in the abo
rcslicctfully invite Richard Grant White. Pro
whitney, of Yale; or any, other master q soun
Tno iury lc.IfcI to piaee tic Stcinwny pIanos i
foro fe d. Sorld al pafceons Of Instruments. III
lid what they desired, in e1pscsaions so eompa
I c1Itieal Ens1ist ~ Well as tsme ind. envy def
mfthoa; S.;o,x ,,co,, ,t,e, certainly mov be ps
i doncd It ti;s, liz eulnlnaton Of til steinway i
o uuIuh. in Repeating IIttlo very
""'p4' " tsrySEsr1Nn Hlsrotr.
3 aSatMHn,.Mo LII, .,t.S ot",. ,,,,, ,....
Iin@ XIV foit nntionoi nTta tfnritnT Iii n.
~ ~ the shnrx nnt1nue nreinf,icu rsGeive il, d
c"vartrr .,st uuntl nnuos t1st ard Fl
nn in1it nIH ,nnn rhn1v dif1.rnnt urineinies
shet -. " 1n.rirnM hnmsa mi .snrt lie a.tnun
sn. ~ ~ ~ Thnse ,."rn hrst inv for strin va
;, nSs .rSo wcrs ffltInr vivornunIy aruinst aucic
t ,irht u, Vim i,cHrt ~ cnnsr ryntiyn Eufnr
! fant tha ;on.t tfInurh arriuouK and bitter. col
t hsye but ono anac. The right, there a. ever,
/. nnro1rSslrrG In win. Em}nrnt critics liku Fet
O .msnent romnDuers like Dsriiox. usturaIjy h,
u mi nyainst tbs Startling Innovations Of oyerstsu
e",ns snl nccnitarly eninnYesncd soxntlnr. boar
! Isnt ths ~, l,irncn NJ sunrriority was vo mauif
that nSen s"cl t.t,nen}slcd c1nnois.eurs "a III,
= soon Welded aIn,irlnS allegiance, over their
sknatates 70 tnw Hfw anT srh t T. t,
q AVAIL swa1lcJ Nrssrs. St.inway i sons
g a"A'1s" T,,F pfItsr nom nEpAt.
1f ,,,< .,oo,,i,r r.frs T., m .narify II md Am.
Dr MM'oR pse"t'. nrr"xinusix SIvi1v c,trrn,rd ~
cah Fianos' pto.toas.! n.sIn:s ia irt. 4. hi