The Red Cloud chief., 1878-01-17

Pe911DeRt Remarks Of Ole Boil
The eminent artist Ole Ball, .hile examin
ing the scale Of he xathusbek Piano. nso~i
truihfully remarked th.t the histnsy % al
other Pi.nos hsd been losering his hand q
eArh world,
~ Do~n-
rGooe.
Cnfii the imvensscn Of the Msfhushrk EsuAI.
King scale. IL bad becons IA established fac.
that the Piano. one 81 The rao~i expensive
fail.
No other makers by ans scale hsveeves be~n
able % produce . FsnO tAa1 ia ma % depse-
ciate In . few ycars that 10 fornes loved and
inspiring tones gradually s.ve place 70 . thin,
uffy soand, rendering the PYano almost tntOE
eSnb3e 10 ans musical ear.
SrOoy OF TnR rAILrKE or oTuKR HAyoAs
u found In the thousands 81 worthless tuan0-
ments foF sale n auction rs,ms, and q Aurcs
for the sale II old furniture, their former OUn-
ers hasfng sold or exchanged them On account
Of their partial or toasl allure. ord yet, In
noet eases, the e~xchangeof purchase II AnOth-
er Piano has been for one constructed on the
same old principle, and therefore VI the sanse
inevitable result
WHY OTHER PIANOS PAIL
The sekwcs'edeci can.e Of this Disastrous
failure In Pianos arises from the concentrated
~ W VI III Ut tuk utSu O2tS CJtrfS ~ tsf<
frame THE aggregate Tension being from NJ
kes 70 tpeufy tosx This causes the vrcss plank
70 yield, the tuning pins TO become l0ossned,
the plate and frame to warp, curve and sprfnx
with zach vibration Of the strings, gradually
but surely helping 10 displsce the s0s~ding
board, which had already Q greater burtea
than Il could bear from
THE SHORT UKvED BRIDGE,
Universally used by ali other makersl with
the immense pressure Of Ill the strings clue
tered upon II, within . small space, across one
end Of the board, the inevitable result Of
which is the settling Of this end Of the sound
ing board. which greatly impetrs it, vibfatory
power, while the other cad Of the board II 30
remote from the bridge tiixt only q feeble VI
bration can be procured. The curying vi this
bridge brings II parallel with the grain Of the
sounding board through all the upper notes,
rounds the bridge Tor the bass notes As 70 &C.
riously conflict with its independent vibration.
Another cause Of failure H. that
HI TUNING PINS
In other Pianos go through q hole In the iron
plate much larger than the pins, and are fast
ened In the wrest plank under the plate, Civ
ing . leverage Of half an inch TO every pin, be-
tween the wood and the string, and depend
Ing entirely upon the wood for support. Thus
the great strain Of the strings and the atmos-
pheric action upon the wOOd make frequent
tuning necessary; snd frequent tuning soon
causes the pins 10 become loose In the wool.
Larger pins are then required, which 20
through the same process again, but givfng0ut
sooner than the others.
THE RESULT 49,
OF these iuperfections Is becoming mOrepatent
every day, FOR the reason thaf competition has
induced manufacturers To increase tie si1e OF
and tension on the strings, In order TO obtain
more tone, without being able 70 gain any pro-
%pOrtiOnate increase in the strength Of frame or
case; so that all modern Planes Of other scales
must Of necessity depreciate more rapidly than
formerly. ss.
All Of these defects have long been known
to Piano manufacturers, but no remedy WIS
found until by the invention OF the Mathushek
Equalizing scale, with Linear Bridge, all OF
these difficulties were entirely overcome; and
a careful study Of the scientific principles en-
bodied in this scale, must convince any candid
person OF De importance of this invention.
Pelton and Pomeroy, sole agents, l52 State
Street, Chicago.