, 1876-10-16

alteled. Knabc, Decker. Chtckering, Weber,
steek, naIclton, 1Jnllet Il Darts schomackcr
maEnifeent specimens Of their tandiwotk.
stcinway took the prize. At no former tlispiay
waa there ever suclll collection Of squire,
Htand, mud Upright pianos. IL 1s1?. at 1or,lor,
nnd l3e!, nt Paris, The need OF merit WAS award.
c.l to stcinway> md III ls73, at Vienna, though
their instrumental wero not exhibited, they won
moro t!nn lin'i9rabto mention from tho judges,
who reported, {, III regard to the American d.
bratcd embarrassing firm of steInway s. Sons,
Of New York, to whom tho entre ptano-manu-
lastn,e + 20 grcnt'y indebted has not been rep
The Judges at tho Centennial wcro four ia
ntnber,.two Americans and TWO foreigners.
Never before were the tests moro thorough aud
rigorous They searched diligently for defects,
and equally indn.trjnp.,y }or tic moro prt'-
ilatior, the unanimous verdict was In favur uf
the StclnWar instrument. They pronounced Il
perfection. They allowed 10 Il everything lis
nianufactusers ~ I claimed for Il and Incorporated
What action will bc taken by tile otter manu-
factnfcrs, 1t Is Impossible to sAr. They nny
food the country With Advertisements claiming
for their Instruments all TINT tue Judges re-
The defeated may eontend tlat their tnstr1i-
1nc1its show ,nany Of tile merits Of tho Bteiu-
way. This Il, to q certain extent, true. Tho
StclnWay patents have been stoien all over the
GSs cs, M as son s{o t. mot p aH IT, 0 snh, mode na.
rrorcmcnts; But the Judges at Paris, London,
VicM,la, aM Philadelphia lave declared that
the stc!nway alone Ia the only perfect ptano,
NJ, M. these M gentlemen to-day stand at tsc head
In order TINT the nnturo Of the sieinHny
award may lie fully unlcr6toou, and TINT there
may BE- no opportunity for cnrtling by those
Wiz sous;t l,ut c1n mt obtain such conf
plt!ncnt, The fDll0HlnE o!Ilcinl copy of tho Re-
port of the Judges Of Awnrls ID given:
, Thc underlined. having examined the Grand,
sq!ate, and Cpr.ht p!anor exhibited by SrElNwAr
United staft. Centcnntat Commission for award,
for The following tcasnns. viz:
aso agh,st dtgrtt Or e5tisenee "a ali sSer VII o.
ptan1' tn. n:3 tasyt rotmf 1.ry aad dnfaion
uad orarlng u the msfai Jraa.e. N >s''' "'s''"'
:, improvements applied by S7EtswAE Sons wcro
!. 4 D'sr9stT,ox or TiIn sEn,sos IN THE Fenn
r'ass tf ba;s strnE acro.s the ..ee
bridges BY moving them nearer to the ccnsc of tho
sssit tns se.ing Etcater nortions Of
grtatlY .sncrcused vDlninc Of ennMd
tlto action those rortions Of tho strings .wh!ch
creaain9 tic richntet, n'iaSi'iy. and ss,gng g,,@
~ AZ Meil a. the carrying eapaeity Of tic lone,
e'HSjsas IT, caya.. E s lnss n4. os. %ur 0.,onc ,s-
!rae!nS., giving ns.ola,< .aft,y agnnst thc pulI of
tune. Tie rac~ eaned b. tho u1e of the ha Caro-
h'astro bar permits tho usc of more heavily feitrd
hammer: w!c,ely Pure; fieh quality Of tone Ia
retained much l1l'scr thau heretofore.
~, A c"SsrfreTtoH OF THE n.DOAhp.
with it4 system Of compression, (as shown in Tho
ct i f M %b i IT. tat
result OF it, cunsiaut conclusion, cnuscl By the
strokes of thc BANNER against The ttr!nss, md by
atmospheric Influences.
Y. hErAI.L,c TunrLAn FnA,K Ac7Iow ipat-
cnted 1HHs md 1b1h), being entirely mperrIous 10
atmospheric influence, III conjunction with tho
p55.itioa, poserr aad detscaey 81 touch, and dura
81. A ToxE- SUSTAINING PEDAL fpatcntcd 1874,
ttnn nt tcw mnslcat effects, By enabling lie per
former, at pleasure. % protonc the round Of n
free 10 str!kc other notes: is OF atnpc construct
ton;; rot ltab!c to get ont Of order and Its uso
.sIEsSw.r 4 soxs exhibit, in Machinery
1inll, - samples Of METAL PAnTs. and 1lAnnwA ARE.
0td FcLL METAL FnAHEs Of Grand, sluara and
MxrS.1,c Tunri4n FRAME hcr,oNr, ali prodncca
nt the foundry anu metal works. At Astoria, Long
Therc articles Of composite metal show the hi9a-
fn perfection IF .fnxh aud sror,:'"anshlp and The
grfaft~f aE1nnGss aud unlfor1nity of metal sruet-
n1e, steel.lske md sound!nE quality With II ten
sllc strength exceeding i Goo nt per square cpni-
meter. as demonstrated ty actual tests. Thc Iull
metal framca of cupoln sl.adu rnssrs. an unfguai>t
ss hoat e prhca
BRINK crack In soiA metal fr4li'r., thereby con-
,fHny tafrxStlng s ri9ra'9ty pc"f I'D any
''S Appioysi H 'Ss Tof' u ;.soup !u.s: Il 4 o'''E''
,tssss sss!Snsyss; sistsw i H. Il wi! kIis inoupson.
Joseph Henry, James Z. Watson,
T. T. l. EsiSi:ssi ii,i:ss5 + f. f"I;e + I,s,Ss;a rsns'