The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-05
STEINWAY'S
DOUBLE VICTORY.
Triumphant Over all Competition.

STBINwAY & Sons have been decreed the su-
pieme recompense, VIZ Two MEDALs OF
ihcontestably the hight 81 honors besloN ed up
On any Plano exhibit at the Centennial exhibit
ton, no other plano exhibitor having received
similar extraordinary recognition, and only
10 the Steinway Pianos has been accorded
tue Highest degree VI excellence In all their
sly ies,p by the unanimous verdict OF the judges
as SHOWN oy the following official report on the
| eTRIhwAY exhibit in the Main building, viz.
- he undersigned, having examined tho
Grand, square and Upright pianos exhibited by
STEINwAY q SONS, respt ctfully recommend the
same TO the United sta Or Centennial Commits
sion for yard Or the following reasons viz.
"FoT greatest concert capacity IN Grand Pidnoe,
as diso highest degree OF erceiienos in all theiS
styles " pianos, iz-iargsst uotun,e purity and dt
rG ion Of tone, and extraordinary carrying cdpdeitv
toih precision, and urdbtiity Of mechanism also
nOuet disposition ofths strings and construction and
brdcing Of The metal frame"
improvements applied by sTR1SwAY Cons
/. A DISPOSITION OF THE STRINGS IN THE
FORM OF FAN, placing the bass strings
across the steel stTlGgs, and materially elon-
nearer TO the center or the sound board ITSELF
thus Sc ting greater portions or the latter into
UlOpaIory actlon, and SO producing gre atty in
ii. A DUPLEX SCALE, patented in tsT2, brings
into actlon those portions Of the strings which
hert t0fJre lay dormant and inactive, thereby
increasing the ichness. piiabitity and singing
quality as well as the car Sing capacity Oh the
toIn1e' especially Of The upper NUTS.
/ i
1872 and 1870, with It's new system Of cruss. bar
and braclngs, giving absolute safety against
the pull OF The strings, and increasing the ca
paclty 10 stand In tune. he space gained by
the usz Of the Capo d'AstIo 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 system OF compression las
shown In the patents OF 1850, 1869 and 1872 pre-
venting that relaxation OF the sound board
which is the natural result OF its constant con-
| cusslon, caused oS the strokes or the hammers
against the strings, and by atmospheric innu-
| enceS.
v. a. METALLIC TUBULAR FRAME ACTION
patented In 1868 ID 1879, being entirety i'm
pervl0u 10 atlnoS pneric Influences, conjunc-
tlon with the new system of escapemenI, re-
s9iuug IN unsrrlng precision, poEer, and dstfedey
vi. A TUNE.sUsr1iNING PEDAL tpatented
1919 extends the capacity OF the plano for the
production OF new musical efrt cts, by enabling
the performer at pleasure, to prolong the sound
OF single note or group OF notes, leaving both
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: X. OLIVER.
Approval of Group Judges:
]. sCBIEDMAYER,
GEO. F. BRlSTOW,
JOSEPH HENRY,
| E. LEVAS -kUR,
| j. E. BLIZZARD,
SIR lillian lillian THOMSON,
JAMES =. WATSON,
| ED. fAVRE BENhT,
+. "A. p. BARNARD.
A. I, GosHoRS, Director General
tSEAL1 j. X. HAwLEY, President.
AtteSt: ALEX. BOTHER, Secretary pro teyB.
Ine additional mccall for the STgISwAY ex-
hibit in Machinery hall was awaIdrd by the
centennial Commission, based upon the follow
Ing onlclal report by the same judges;
''Sl ElNWAY q SONS exhibit In MACHINERY
Hail. samples OF METAL PARTS and FULL MRrAI
FRAMES Of Grand, square AID Upright Pianos
alsu samples OF their PATENT MEI ALLIC TUBULAR
Fk FRA a cTioNs, all produced ut their foundry
and metal works at Astoria Long Island.
'Ti csc articles OF composite metal show the
highest perfection Of teorkndnship and finish and
tne greatest nrmness ana uhiformiI y OF metal
structure, steel-like and sounding quality
with tensile strength exceeding $500 lbs. per
square centlmeter, as demonstrated by actual
tests. The full metal frames OF cupola shape,
possess an unequdlied degree OF resistance per-
mltting vastly Increased tension of strings
without the slightest danger OF break or crack
In said metal frames, thereby considerably in
credslng the uibrdtory potrer and dtlgnenhng the
lasting qualities OF their Instruments"
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