, 1877-02-18
THE MATHUSHEK.
The Special Merits Of This Excellent Instrt
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The Special nIerits Of This Excellent Instru~
nent.
For the purpose OF being able to give Intelligent
and Trustworthy information to persons nj present
desirous OF buying pianos, representative OF i he
TniBrSE recently made an inspection Of the work
OF some Of tbe more prominent manufacturers. anu
WAS 20 struck By the many excellent qualities
possessed hy what IL known rs the Nathushe'<
pianos that he felt 1t fneumbeat On him to s1re
fuller account Of the special merits Of this instsu-
ment than has hitherto been published. After
the expert has read the following simple statement
he, too, will douoiless gre his voice in favor OF
this piano. and indorse the Judgment Of TEE
TalBrSE.
By the use at the eauaIizins scale and linear
bridge the tension of the strngs instead OF being
all upon one corner, i equally bt9rzht M to hSar m
upon all sides Of the Iron plate and frame. dis
trbutns the strain in different directions. ana this
ingenious distribution oi The strings Is ct ths nt-
most fmportauee tn rendering ne piano durable.
heretofore been concentrated upou one eE1 OF the
sounding board, greatly obstrscting its vibration
ana board :" Se IS 9s 's @ ne 10,
entire length Of the aonaains- board. gEeatly IN
creasng the power and quality OF lone, and also
the strength @ ana DURABILITY OF a he Pano hx
best Judges. who have carefully observed the bal
ancing pressure Of The strings. bath upon the ison
frame ani sounding board that these pianos: in
stead Of being oil ct eight years, will lest life
tinlc and keep in time at ons-euarter the expense
of any other piano.
TIE .gsE&R BRIDGE.
By the use Of the Liner 4rid1e. the ron>,,anT
obtain over one scut more III length OF bridge III
the ,,bri than is found - the jgt!-s-eu pianos
with the old scales.
Il runs The " no1e length Of the aoundtne- board.
crossing the grain Of the wood (which is tui;spen
sable to Uniform tone'. aud gives equal dist7ibu
each string ppvn H. bridge also equal pressure On
the sounding board through its cnlitc seM.ta. I'M
parting to the greatest possihle capacity Of vfhra
power: richness, AMI depth of tone, wsth in
spiflng snSins quality taAt Cannot be equalea "
any other scale.
THE IRON FRAME
IL cnrirelg new and novel, most substantial In its
construction, with three cro=s~bars, rendering it
fmpregnaofe TO any prtssore <ttr brought to bear
This frame extends with increased thickness Of
plate over the wsest plank. la+o this extension
are drilled the nlcs 70 receive the bu-hin. fo. The
used onty by this Company. and are nasds tby q
machine IN Its factofy} Of hard maple plank <se-
lectel With great care for is soandness. and are
then forced lato the holes drilled to receive them
They arc then ready to receive
TIE TCNISG-pySS,
which, when once placed, literally held IN 4
actioa OF the atmosphere to ensthen contract
the strings (as IL the hen the pins insert
ed in the wood franle1, and yet they hare all the
advantage OF wood bearing. md the pin is hrmiF
held ia the very point 1t which the string takes
hold This i, one at the r,a-ntls why these p;auos
require but fourth Of the tuning necessarS for
Others:
There is ereater length Of strings through a'i the
treble and middle notes OF the Mathushek piano
than any other. giving greatef volume Of tone in
proportion to the leugta 1T strings while the bass
Ia brought into co1l With this increase OF tone in
other parts By the use OF the linear bridge.
The bridge fos the pass notes on the equastzing
scale has space on the sounding bouEa remote
from the treble bridge; while sl the strings
throughout the entire scale distributed that
sach nvte has ihs bet .s for m
philosophy OF the subject shows this to be verF
important arrangement
VIBRATION,
A distinguished Professor defines musical tone to
be the result OF uninterrupted vibration, and noise
the result Of interrupted vibration.
Sow t., the oaxs s5fns Of the piano vto5ste
vibrate 300 Tines second. these strings can4e
a correeoondins vibration Of III: sounding board
at the point where theF cross the bridges and sep
aated By p,lr linear bridge the result is pure
tone for each vibration; but il thcy take place
together, as by the curved bridges the result Is all
one, as the circles when several pebbles thrown
into still water. 4 comparison Of the two systems
will show the advantages derived from the use Of
the linear bridge. and the subject Is worthy OF
careful attention.
TRIED AND TRIUMPHANT.
Nerer before hns any piano been snbjected to
foes Tae scale, being 50 radically different trvn
any other, 80 ingenious in Its construction, and
producing Fuch wonderful power and pttrltF Oi
tone. has attEacted the attention anI odtniraton
OF mechanics, philosophers, anil musical critics;
and 1t has therefore been looked upon as an inno-
vataou b. manufacturers md dealers in other
pianos, who being unable to 1na in It any weak
points for assault. have eudeasored to storm it by
assertions But after ten years Of thorough
trial It has more than vndcatcd the highest hopes
Of its friends, and Is last slencig the guns ot its
enennles.
THE VERDICT.
The Aathushek pianos are no~ acknowledged by
the best judges Of music, in all parts OF coun
TIT to be vastly superior 70 any other plaus made;
and all }}pnlosophcal, nnb1ased minds who have ex-
amned the eQunltzing that it mus fnr
ever prevent the Instrument from yielding partl
Gle to the Immense tension OF the strings, Insure
perfect protection a:asnst settling OF the sound
ing board tooseung of the tuning pins, OF break
ing away OF the wrest plank: and, therefore, that
the original volume OF tone must eyer remain with
the Instrument {i1astead OF gradually fading ont,
has been the with the tone OF all other psnos1
and that at last pinno Il constructed wkeh will
live and improve like the violin. md be banded !
down from generation TO genesation. the loved |
relic OF the household, improving in tohe mud be-
coming more and more fnaeared to ns by age.
Pelton Il Pomeroy- 2:2} nnd :231 Stale street. are
The general agents for these Instruments, we'll
as the Hszeitou, {. D. Pease d Co. pianos, aud |
Taylor 4 Farley organs.
FINANCIAL.