The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-01
STEINWAY'S
DOUBLE VICTORY.
Triumphant Over all Competition.

sTRISwAY & SONS have been decreed the su-
pieme recOmpense, viz I: w MEDALs OF
HONOR and w DIPLOMASOF MERIT, being
incontestably the highest honors bestoWe ed uu-
on any Plano exhibit at the Centennial exhibit
ton, no other plano exhibitor having received
a similar extraordinary recognition, and only
TO the Stelnway Pianos has been accorded
1.-THE Highest degree VI excellence in all their
Styles" by the unanimous verdict OF the judges
as shown oy the following official report on the
STEIfwAY exhibit in the Main building, viz.
"Ihe undersigned, having M the
Grand, Square and Upright pianos exhibited by
STEIHwAY d Sons, respectfully recommend the
same TO the Unlted sta es Centennial Commits
sion for E ward Or the following reasons viz. /:
"For greatest concert capacity IN Grand Pianos,
az also highest degree OF excellence in all their
styles Of pianos, iz-tdrysSt uolun1e. purity and dt-
"a, ion Of tone, and extraordinary carrying capacity
Nth precision, and C~urabfttty Of mechanism also,
nogst deposition Of re strings and construction. and
improvements applied by sTEISwAY & CONS
/. A DISPOSITION oFTHE STRINGS IN THE
FORM OF A FAN. placing the bass Strings
across the steel sJriGgs, aud materially elm
eating the sound board bridges by movibg them
nearer 70 the center or the sound-boaro Itself,
thus Sc ting greater portions OF the latter into
vlbratory action, and so producing u greatly in
creased volume OF BCund.
II. A DUPLEX SCALE, patented in 1917, brings
into action those portions OF the striuks which
her, tofJ re lay dormant and inactive, thereby
increasing the ichness, piidbiiity and singing
quality as well as the car stng capacity OI The
N AtuPoLA MsTALFRAME, patented in
1879 and 1873, with its new sys tenn VI a crUss- bar
and bracings, giving absolute safety against
the pull OF The strings, and increasing the ca.
pacity TO stand In tune; 1he space gained by
the use Of the Capo d'Astro bar, permits the
use OF more heavily felted hammers, whereby q
pure, rich qualify OF tone is retained much
". A CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUND
BOARD, with It's By stem OF compression las
shown In the patents oil 1860, 1869 and 1919, pre-
venting that relaxation OF the suund-Doard,
which is the natural RESULT of It's constant COQ-
cussion, caused o. the strokes or the hammers
against the strings, and by atmospheric innu-
ences.
V a metallic TUBULAR FRAME ACTION
patented III 1868 a d 1879. being entirety i'm
perviou 10 atno. puerto Influences, 1 c~OnJunc-
tloh with the new system OF esiapemenL re-
suling In unerrfng precision, porer, and delieaey
Of touch and durability.
vi. A TUNE.SUsrAINING PEDAL (patented
1910 extends the capacity OF the plano for the
production OF new mu-ical effects, by enabling
the performer at pleasure, TO prolong the sound
OF a single note or group OF notes, leaving both
hands 10 strike other notes is OF simple con-
structiOn, not liable TO get out OF order and It's
use easily acquired
signature or the Judge II. K. OLIVER.
Approval of Group Judges:
j. SCHIEDMAYER,
GEO. F. BRlS1OW,
SEP HENRY,
Il. LEVAS EUR,
j. Il.
p. +. KUrRA,
SIR LILLIAN THOMSON,
JAMES c. WATSON,
ED. FAvRE BENkT,
+. A. Z. BARNARD.
AT. GosHoRH, Director General.
tSEAL1 j. X. HAwLBY, President.
AtIeSt: ALEX. X BOTELER, Secretary pro tenn.
The additional medal for the STsiSwAY ex-
htbit in Machinery hall was ava, d.d by the
centennial Commission, based upon the follow
Ing oniclal report by the same judges:
IEINWAY q SONS exhibit In Machinery
HAN samples or METAL PARTS and FULL METAL
FRAMES OF Grand, square a d Upright Pianos (;
also samples OF their PATENT MEiALLIC TUBULAR
FRAAE ACTIONS, all produced At thu ir II undry
anu metal works at Astoria. Long Island.
ST. ese articles OF composite metal show the
highest perfection Of workmanship and finish and
the greatest trmneSs and uniIOrmi y OF metal
structure, a steel-like and sounding quality
with a tensile strength exceeding $500 los. per
square centlmeter, as demonstrated by actual
tests. The full metal frames OF cupola shape,
possess an unequdled degree Of resistance per-
mltting a vastly Increased tension OF strings
without the slightest danger OF nreak or crack
In laid metal frames, thereby considerably in
ertdsing the rfbrdtory poter and augmenting the
lasting qualities oil their Instruments"
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