, 1876-11-05

What Hanet, Davis & Go. Have Done
to Popularize These Admirable
instruments.
The Only Uprishts Specially Honored BY
the Centennial Judges.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct @.-The fiat OF the Cen
tennia1 Judges in the special instance "her'
thev meant to confer the supreme honors fo
suneriority in piano manufacture is now omclat
" hera}ded.
The firm upon whom this distinguished emil
nence has been bestowed has been contented tt
await the formal action OF these authorities
Messrs Hal1et, Davis s; Co., OF Boston, had toe
thorough q knowledge Of the worth OF tne1r III
struments to worry about the result. 1he1
placed samples OF their Grand, Square, and up
right Pianos in the Exposition last spring, ant
then went home No member OF the h1m re
NAMED behind, nor came on again, to LOBBY
with Jurors or poster Commissioners There
stood the pianos, their own eloquent evidences
OF supremacy. They needed no hired protes-
sional players to conccrtize them into dally at
tention. They needed no paid supporters on
the Jury, no banquets to Commissioners, no III
trirue, t m no stinflnence." They were Kings among
their fellows, and they showed it.
As the makers of these peerless Instruments
we're not In the least anxious to toll clandes~
timely for the houors they knew were sure to
come. SO have they been in no furry Whatever
Of the result. They could afford to bide the
calm, decisive conclusions Of the Centennial au-
thorities, and to wait undisturbed the official
PRONUNCIATION Of the same.
How we'll 1t pays perfect merit not TO lret Is Is
best shown by the following literal transcript OF
the Judges report, just issued Ihe Medal OF
Honor and Certificate OF Dist1nction are a"aru"
ed the "Hallef, Ddp.s d to.'s Grana, Opfagas'
and HQ1Mre fdnos, }oT eo.an1e q to1e' gooa cor
structio and excellence q s'ork,aan*h,p, aa1 @ o.
cause Of Originality Of design and drtstle say ~
their Upright aastrn'''eats sc'A ingenious co'1aoa
tion Of mechanical devices for securing p'a"e1cs
iatu,e,'
taxable is the Language OF the report: 1t = Is -
distinct and pronounced assertion that their
pianos embody all Of the most valuable Of quail
tiles. Vague and glittering generalitfes are
eschewed, and direct and conclusive phrases set
forth plainly the superiority OF these instru-
ments, reaffrming the judgment OF masters
like List, Strauss, joachim, and others. What
could be more desirable than 'volume OF tone,"
'good construction and " excellence OF work
manship.' The last phrase is the acme of
praise, Tor "excellence" is natural superla-
tive, than which nothing can be stronger or
more definite, and the Judges knew It,
Particularly emphatic Is the encomIum be-
slowed upon the Uprght: pianos OF this firms
make. So emtnently superior were these Up
rights found to be by the Judges, that they were
singled out for specific culogy. No other Up
rights exhibited by the forty or more manufac-
worthy OF Individual mention. Those OF the
Hallet, Davis & Co.'s make had already jumped
into phenomenal favor in every American State
and Territory, BY dint OF their magnificent and,
hitherto unknown to Uprights, splendor Of tone
and durability in tune. This was their first ap-
pearance III the arena Of an international
exposition, and signal has been their