The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-27
STEINWAY'S
DOUBLE VICTORY.
Triumphant Over all Competition.

sTRrNwAY & SONS have been decreed the gu.
preme rec0mpense, viz MEDALo OF
HONOR and TWO DIPLOMAsOF MERIT, being
incontestably the highest honors bestO~ ed up
on any Plano exhibit at the Centennial exhlDi.
ton, no other plano exhibitor having received
a Similar extraordinary recol milton, and only
to the Steinway Pianos has been accorded
1.-THE Highest degree Of excellence In al their
Styles" by the unanimous verdict OF the Judges
as shown by the following official report on the
STEINwAY exhibit in the Main building, viz.
~ he undersigned, having examined the
Grand, Square and Upright pianos Exhibited by
STEtNwAY a Sons, respectfully the
same to the United sta e. Centennial Commits
stDn for { q ard 1r the following reasons viz.
"For creates, concert capacity al Grand Iianos,
as also highest degree oJ excellence in all their
styles n pianos, i--iargest Coiunie purity and dI-
rd ion ~ tone, dd extraordinary carrying capacity
ioith precision, and t%rdbitty Qt 1nechanism; also,
ilOuel disposition ofthe strings and constructions and
brdcing u he meta! frame"
Improvements applied by STKISwAY & SONS
I. A 'DIilssfptotcsITi60N oFTHE sTRINGsINTHE
FORM or A FAN, placing the bass strings
eating the sound. board bridges by movlLg them
nearer TO the center or the sOund-board itself,
thus Sc ting greater portions or the latter into
v%ibratory action, and so producing u greatly In
creased volume OF sound.
II. A DUPLEX SCALE, patented in 1879, brings
into action those portions Of the striues which
heretofore lay dormant and inactive, thereby
increasing the ichiiess, piiabitity aud singing
quality as well as the car ttng capacity OIL tho
tone, especially OF the upper notes.
Ill. CUPOLA METAL FRAME, patented In
1872 and ls15, with its new system Of a cross. bar
and braclngs, giving absolute safety against
the pull OF the strings, and increasing the ca
plciIy to stand in tune. The space gained by
the use OF the Capo dAstro bar, permits the
use OF more heavily felted hammers, whereby a
pure, rich quality OF tone is retained much
longer than heretofore.
~. A CONSTRUCTION Of Il SOUND
BOARD, with its system OF compression (ns
shown in the patents OF lsC6, 1869 and 1879, pre-
venting that relaxation Of the sound-Doard,
which is the natural result OF It's constant coa-
] ntQGiOn ao1Iap6 nv the gTTnEQZ nT the hammers
against the strings, and by atmospheric 1nnu-
ences.
patented in 1865 I'd 1919, being entirely i'm
pervlous to atmospheric influences, IL %conJunc-
ton with the new system OF escapemenI, re-
sultlng in unerring precision, poircr, and detedey
vi. A MISUNDERSTANDING PEDAL (patented
1919 extends the capacity OF the plano Tor the
production OF new musical effects, by enabling
tho performer at pleasure,t to pTolOnS the Sounu
OF a single note or group or notes, leaving ooth
hands TO strike other notes Is OF simple con-
struction, not liable to get out of order and Its
use easily acquired.
Signature OF the Judge: ii. H. OLlN Elk.
Approval of Group Judges:
.sCHIEDMAYER,
GEO. F. BRlSTOW,
JOSEPH HENRY,
II. LENAS>EUR,
J.E HILGARD,
p. i. KUtRA,
SIR WILLIAM THOMSON,
JAMES c. WATSON,
ED. FAVRE BENET,
+, A. T. BARNARD.
A. T. GOsHoRN, Director General.
(SEALl j. Il. HAwLEY, President.
AtCest: ALEX. X. BoTELER, Secretary pro tenn.
The additional medal for the STEINwAY ex-
hibit in Machinery hall was awarded by the
Centennial Commission, based upon the follow
ing official report by the same judges:
'S1EINWAY d SONS exhibit In machinery
Hall samples OF METAL PARTS and FULL METAL
FRAMES o Grand, square aud Upright Piahos;
also samples OF their PATENT ME- t,hhI'T TVI md n
6Hf Mech WofSs at Astoria. Long Island.
'rhese articles OF composite metal show the
highest perfection Of workmanship end finish and
the greatest trmness and uuiformi' y OF metal
structure, g steel-like and sounding quality
with a tensile strength exceeding 5000 los. per
square centimeteT, as demonstrated bV actual
tests. the full metal frames or cupOla shape,
possess an unequGlled degree OF resistance, per-
hitting a vastly increased tension OF strings
without the slightest danger OF break or crack
In said metal frames, thereby considerably in
credsing the UibrGtOry pouer and dugnlenting the
lasting qualities OF their umen
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