The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-20
STEINWAY'S
DOUBLE VICTORY
Triumphant Over all Competition.

STEINwAY SONS have been decreed the su-
pi enc recompense, viz TWO MEDALS OF
HONOR and TWO DIPLOMAS or MERIT, being
incontestably the highest honors bostoWe ed up
on any Plano exhibit at the Centennial exhibit
ton, no other plano exhibitor having received
a similar extraordinary recos milton, and only
to the Steiuway Pianos has been accorded
"the Highest degree Of excellence In all tnelr
Styles" by the unanimous verdict OF the judges
as shown by the following official report on the
sTBINwAY exhibit in the Main building, viz.
The undersigned, having examined tho
Grand, Square and Upright pianos exhibited by
STBIEwAY q Sons, respectfully recommend the
same TO the Unlted sta es Centennial Commits
sion for vi ard Or the following reasons viz:
"For greatest concert capacity an Grand Pianos.
also highest degree Of excellence IN all their
styles Of pianos iz-ldrgsst uoiune purity and dv-
ION Of tone, and extraordinary carrying capacity
nth precision, and durability Of mechanism; also,
orel disposition Of the strings and construction and
Improvements applied by sTEISwAY & SONS
W. l. A DISPOSITION OF THE STRINGS IN THE
FORM OF A FAN, placing the bass strings
eating the sound board bridges by moviIg them
nearer TO the center or the sound-board ITSELF
thus Sc ting greater portions OF the latter into
vibratory action, and so producing greatly In
! creased volume OF sound.
| IL. A DUPLEX SCALE, patented In 1871, brings
into action those portions OF the strlngs which
here tofore lay dormant and inactive, thereby
quality as well as the car sing capacity OIL the
Ill Iii. AtCIUPoIA METAL FRAME, patented in
1872 and 1875, with its new system Of cross bar
aud braclngs, giving absolute safety against
| the pull OF tho strings, and increasing the ca
pacity TO stand In tune. he space gained by
the use OF the Capo d'Astro bar, permits the
use OF more heavily felted hammers, whereby
pure, rich qualify OF tone Is retained much
longer than heretofore.
w. A CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUND
| BOARD, with It's system OF compression las
shown in the patents OF 1866, 1863 and $50, pre-
venting that relaxation OF tine sUund-Doard,
which Is the natural result of It's constant con-
| cd ny Of OlrpQn hal
against the strings, and b. atmospheric lnnu-
enceS. - -.
patented IN 1868 ID 1879, being entirely I'M
pervlou, to atmo, p1eric Influences, con1unc-
tlon with the new system OF escapemenC, re-
sulting in unerring precision, poteer, and decdcy
VII A TUNE.sUsr4iNING PEDAL tpatented
1874 extends the capacity OF the plano for the
production of new musical effects, by enabling
the performer at pleasure,to prolong the SOUND
OF single note or group OF notes, leaving ooth
hands TO strike other notes is OF simple con-
struction, not liable 10 get out OF order and its
use easily acquired
signature OF the Judge: II. K. OLIVER.
Approval of Group Judges
sCHIEDMAYER,
GEO. F. BRlSTOW,
JOSEPH HENRY,
K. LEYAS >tUR,
J.E. blizzard,
Sin 81 =; lillian HGIh4i THOMSON,
JAMES z. WATSON,
| ED. FAVRE BENtT,
+, A. p BARNARD.
A. T. GosHORS, Director General.
| tSEALl j. X. HAwLEY, President
AtJest: ALEX. X BoTBLER, Secretary pro tenn.
Tho additional medal for the STBlNwAY ex.
hibit In Machinery hall was awarded by the
Centennial Commission, based upon the follow
Ing omclal report by the same judges:
'SIElNWAY SONS exhibit In Machinery
Half samples OF METAL PARTS and FULL metal
FRAMES Grand, square ard Upright Pianos
also samples or their PATENT ME- ALLIC TUBULAR
FRAME ACTIONS, all produced At their foundry
and metal works at As oria. Long Island.
| "Ti csc articles OF composite metal show the
/ highest perfection Of workmanship ond finish and
the greatest nrmness and uuiiormi OF metal
structure, q steel-like and sounding quality
with tensile strength exceeding $500 los. per
square centimeter, MS demonstrated bv actual
tests. The full metal frames OF cupola shape,
possess an unequalled degree OF resistaI o. per-
hitting vastly increased tension OF strings
without the slightest danger OF break or crack
In tald metal frames, thereby considerably in
eredsing the ribTGiory porer and dugmenting the
lasting qualities OF their Instruments"
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