The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-30
STEINWAY'S
DOUBLE VICTORY.
Triumphant Over all Competition.

STBrNwAY Sons have been decreed the su.
preme recOmpense, VIZ TWO MEDALo OF
HONOR and WO DlfLOMAsOr MEhlI, being
incontestably the highest honors besioN ed up
on any Plano eN hibit at the Centennial exhibit
ton, no other plano exh bitor having Ieceived
O similar extraordinary recoSnltion, and only
"the Highest degree n excellence In all tnelr
Styles" by the unanimous verd CT oil the judges
as shown by tue following official report on Inc
STEfHwAY exhibit IN the Maiu building, VIZ.
81 he undersigned, having examined the
Grand, Square and Uoright pianos Exhibited by
STEINwAY q SONS, Tespt ctfully recommend the
same 10 the Unu ed sta es Centennial Commits
sion for ard Or the blowing reasons viz.
"For greatest concert capacity an Grand IfdnOe,
as also highest degree " ercetience ia all their
styles II pianos iz-idrgest UOune purity and dt-
ion Of tone, aud extraordinary carrying capacity
nth precision aud urGJthty Of mechanism; also,
norel disposition Of The strings and construction and
bracing " The metal JrdBae,"
improvements applied by sTEISwAY & CONS
/. A DISPOSITION OF THE STRINGS IN THE
| FORM OF A FAN, placing the bass Strings
across the steel striIgs and materially elm
eating the sound board bridges by movlI z them
nearer to tue center or the sound board itself,
thus Sc ting greater portions OF the latter into
vibratory action, and so producing grt atty In
creased volume OF sound.
ii. A DUPLEX SCALE, patented in 1871, brings
into action those portions Of the striues which
here toflre lay dormant and Inactive, TIT reby
increasing the ichtess. pttdbiity and singing
quality as well as the car Etng capacity oI the
| tone, especially OF the upper nut s.
Ill AZ UPOLA NJ ETAL FRAME, patented In
1879 and 1915, with its new sys TEN u cross bar
and bracings, giving absolute safety against
the pull OF the strings, and Increasing the ca
pacity TO stand In tune: he space gained by
the use OF the Capo d'Astio bar, permits the
use OF more heavily felted hammers, whereby q
pure rich quail OF tone Is retained much
w. A CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUND
BOARD, with It's system OF compression (as
shown in the patents OF 1865, 1869 and Ie12. pre-
venting that reaXat on OF the sOund-Uoard,
which is the natural result OF It's constant con-
cussion, caused on the strokes OF the hammers
against the strings, and by atmospheric ihnu-
enceS.
V A metallic TUBUL AR FRAME ACTION
(patented In 1865 a d 1879. being entirely i'm
pervlou TO atmO puerto Influences, con1unc-
ton with tie new system OF escapemen. re-
sulting In unerring precision, porer, and dehedey
vi. A MISUNDERSTANDING PEDAL (patented
1874 extends the capacity Of the plano for the
production ornew mu-i cal effects, by enabling
the performer at pleesure,to pfolong the SOUND
or single note or group or notes, leaving both
hands TO strike other notes IS OF simple con-
structlon, not liable TO get out OF order and It's
use easily acquired
Signature OF the Judge: Ii. X, OLIVER.
Approval Of Group Judges
sCHIEDMAYER,
GEO. +. BRlSrOW,
JCSEt ii HENRY,
K. LEVAS 'tUR,
JE. tILGARD,
Six +, = h iGLIAM THOMSON,
ED. FAVRE BENtT,
Y. A. R-BAkNAhD
A. T GosHORN, Director General.
(SEALl j. ". HAwLBY, President.
Attes ALEX X BOTBLER Secretary pro tenn.
The additiO Ial dal for the STEINwAY ex
hlblt in Machinery h,ll was ava DID by the
Centennial Commission, based upon the follow
ing Official iepOrt by the same judges
"SIEINWAY SONS exhibit In Machinery
Hall samples OF METAL PARTS and FULL METAL
FRAMES o Grand, square a Upright Pia os
alsJ samples OF tueir PATENT ME ALLIC TUBULAH
FRAME ACTIONS, all produced at the ir r.undry
and metal works at Astoria. Long Island.
'"r, ese arti lies OF compositA metal show the
highest perfection Of workmanship ond finish and
the greatest hrmness and uuiiOrmi OF metal
structure, n steel-like and sounding quality
with tensile strength exceeding 5000 los pei
square centimeter, as demonstrated bv actual
tests. The full metal frames or cupoa shape
nooSsess an unequalied degree OF resistance, per
without we sigh taersased tension OF strings
in aid metal frames, thereby cois9h RI! u cIacA
credsing the uibrdtory porer and dugn,enting tn
lasting qualities oil their Instruments"
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