The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-06
STEINWAY'S
DOUBLE VICTORY.
Triumphant Over all Competition.

STBINwAY & SONS have been decreed the su-
pie me ~recompense, viz TWO MEDALs OF
HONOR and W. DIpLOMASOF MERIT, being
inconUestably the highest honors bestov ed up
on any Piano exhibit at the Centennial exhibit
ton, no other plano exhibitor having received
a similar extraordinary recognition, and only
10 the Steiuway Pianos has been accorded
"the Highest degree of excellence in all their
Styles" by the unanimous verdict Of the Judges
as shown oy tue following official report on tho
bTEINwAY exhibit in the Main building, viz.
"Ih he undersigned, having examined the
Grand, Square and Upright pianos Exhibited by
STBINwAY q SONS, respectfully the
same TO the Unlted states Centennial Commits
sion for { ward Or the following reasons viz.
"For greatest concert capacity IN Grand Pianos,
styles of pianos, iz-ldrgsst Uoiunre, purity and du-
rd ion Of tone, and extraordinary carrying capacity
With precision, and .%urabthty Of rneehanisrni also,
nouet disposition Of the strings and construetion,d and
brdcinJ VI The metal frame"
improvements applied by sTEIHwAY & Sons
l. A DISPOSITION OF THE STRINGS IN THE
FORM or A FAN. placing tho bass strings
across the steel striIgs, and materially elon-
nearer TO the center OF the sound-board itself,
thus SO ting greater portions or the latter into
vibratory action, and SO producing u grt atty in
creased volume OF sound.
ii. ADUPLEX SCALE, patented In 1917, brings
into action those portions Of the strings which
heretofore lay dormant and inactive, thereby
Increasing the ichness, plidbiiity and singing
quality as well as the car ttng capacity oil the
III. A.tUPOIA METAL FRAME, patented In
l612 and 1916, with Its new system Uf a cross. bar
and bracings, giving absolute safety against
the pull Of the strings, and increasing the ca
;2acity TO stand In tune; The .pace gained BY
use OF more heavily felted hammers, whereby a
pure, rich qualify OF tone Is retained much
~. A CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUND
BOARD, with It's system OF compression (as
shown in the patents OF 1865, 1859 and 1919, pre-
venting that relaxation OF the sOund-Doard,
| which is the natural result of lt9 constant con-
%cussion, caused BY the su okes OF the hammers
against the strings, and by atmospheric in1u-
V A METALLIC TUBULAR FRAME ACTION
patented in 1858 a ID 1919, being entirely i'm
pervlou 10 atmos pneric Influences, 1 c%onJunc-
tlon with the new system or eScapemenS re-
sultlng In unerring precision, porer, and delieaev
Of touch and durability.
vi. A MISUNDERSTANDING PEDAL (patented
1919 extends the capacity Of the plano for the
production OF new mu,ical Effects, by enabling
the performer at pleasure TO prolong the sound
S Ss Ss.n u st TIEe OF other srpS notes es n Is q i siinpls COM CON.
struction, not liable TO get out OF order ana Its
use easily acquired
Signature or the Judge: Il. X. OLIVER.
Approval of Group Judges:
]. SCBIEDMAYER,
GEO.F +. BRlS row.,
JUSEtH HENRY,
<. LtVAS .kUR,
j.. E. blizzard,
SIR AlLLlAM THOMSON,
JAMES q. WATSON,
ED. FAvRE BENtT,
II, A. Z. BARNARD.
At GosHORN Director General.
(SEALl j. X. HAwLEY, President.
AtteS, ALEX. X BOTELER, Secretary pro TEN.
The additiol nal meoal for the sTEIHwAY ex-
hibit In Machinery hall was ava d-d by the
Centennial Commission, based upon the follow
Ing official report by the same JUDI es:
'SlEINWAY q SONS exhibit in Machinery
Hall tamples OF METAL PARTS and FULL METAL
FRAMES OF Grand, square a d Uprig' Pianos !;
ais samples OF tneir PATENT NE ALLIC TUBULAR
FRAME ACTIONS, all produced ut tht ir {. undry
ana metal works at Astoria, Long Island.
ct ese articles OF composit- metal show the
highest perfection Of workmanship end finish and
the greatest nrmness ana uhiiormi y OF metal
structure, a Stetl-like and sounding quality
with o tensile strength exceeding $500 los. per
square centimeter, ss demonstrated bN A. tual
tests. The full metal frames or cupOla shape,
possess an unequdlled degree OF resistance, per-
hitting q vastly increased tension or strings
withou the slightest danger OF freak or crack
In aid metal frames, thereby considerably in
credsing the ribratory poper and augmenting the
lasting qualities OIL their Instruments"
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