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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW.
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H£UMH0UTZ TO
JSTfclNWAY.
"THE HIGHEST TYPE."
Banjo or similar musical instrument, No.
508,586, J. A. Todd.
Guitar, No. 508,858, J. S. Back.
Guitar, lyro, No. 508,543, W. Hay.
Piano action, No. 508,813, J. F. Conover.
Tuning peg for musical stringed instruments,
Nos. 508,098, L. Iy. Filstrup.
STUCK
HANDS
PIANO OR ORGAN ATTACHMENT.—James W.
Carter, Cisco, Texas. This is a guard device
mounted to slide in a plate having guide ways,
the plate being adapted for attachment to the
under side of the key board, where it may be
locked in either a folded or extended position.
The plate has handle extensions, and by its use
the instrument may be conveniently moved
about without danger of defacing it, or the
doors, rails, etc., of the building.
MANUFACTURED B I
\ PIAMO co.
171 AND 173 SO. CANAL STREET,
CHICAGO.
CUSTOM HOUSE, BOSTON,
Collector's Office, November 20, 1893. j
Exportations of Musical Instruments from the
Port of Boston, Month ending Oct. 31, I893.
To Germany :
-
One (i) Piano -
$5OO
To Netherlands :
-
Thirty-one (31) organs -
1.738
To Sweden and Norwa}^ :
-
Seven (7) organs
4O6
To England :
Two hundred and forty-three
(243) organs
$13,045
Two (2) Pianos
75O
All other and parts ot
2,170
THE
Sterling Company,
#
NE of the greatest tributes ever paid to the
celebrated pianos of the house of Stein-
way & Sons is embodied in the following letter
from that distinguished accoustician, Prof. H.
von Helmholtz:
NEW YORK, October 6, 1893.
HIGHLY ESTEEMED SIR :—I
have availed my-
self of your kind permission to examine a num-
ber of finished grand pianos at Steinway Hall,
and inspect your factory in New York where the
separate parts of the mechanism are adjusted
and fitted together.
Two distinct points have more particularly
interested me, agreeing as they do with the re-
sults of my acoustic studies, viz. : first, the
extended application and more complete division
of aliquot parts of the lengths of strings, thus
augmenting the separate harmonic overtones
and thereby rendering more musical the entire
combined sound of each string.
The present division, by means of a contin-
uous, slightly arched, unyielding bridge, evi-
dently permits an easier transmission of the
aggregate overtone and slower vibrations of
same, both being plainly perceptible.
Secondly, it was highly interesting to me t a
observe your method of creating the arch of the
sounding board, enabling it successfully to sus-
tain the pressure of the strings,
I myself did not realize the special influence
of the arched sounding board surface until after
the completion of my book on " Tone Sensa-
tions, '' and have treated the subject in a smaller
essay on " The Mechanism of the Human Ear,"
which article has since been embodied in the
collection of my scientific works.
In the ear, on the tympanic membrane, there
exists the identical apparatus for the transmis-
sion of the air vibrations to the structural parts
of the organs of hearing, viz., hammer, anvil
and stirrup (with a similar arching of the sur-
face) that you have applied so successfully in
your pianos. It is self evident that through the
compression of the sound board causing its arch ?
the durability of the grand piano in its volume
and power of tone is very favorably influenced.
With best wishes and repeated thanks for
granting me the welcome opportunity to view
your workshops, I remain,
Your devoted
H. v. HEI*MHOLTZ.
•#••
To Nova Scotia, etc. :
Two (2) organs
All other and parts of -
t5»9 5
MR. W. STEINWAY, NEW YORK.
- $2IO
Chesapeake and Ohio Route
193
403
To Newfottndland :
Eight (8) organs
Four (4) pianos
- 480
6OO
I O8O
To Br. West Indies :
One (1) organ -
-
Total -
TO THE
Pianos and Organs,
The Hot, Warm, Healing, and all the Sulphur
Springs of the Virginias.
FACTORY :
-
$: 20,128
Importations of Musical Instruments into the
Port of Boston, Month of October, 1893.
Countries :
Austria
$149
France
.
.
.
.
.
.
204
Germany
4,011
England
- 368
Total
MANUFACTURERS OF
.732
DERBY, CONN.
It is admitted by all that 90 piano ever put upon the
market has met with such success as THK STEALING
and thousands will testify to their superiority of work-
manship and durability. Why ? Because they are made
just as perfect as a piano can be made.
THE STERLING ORGAN has always taken the lead, and
the improvements made this year puts it far ahead of
all otheis. $W Send for Catalogue.
Hallet & Davis Pianos
WEST and SOUTH,
The F. F. V. Vestibuled Limited, composed of Pull-
man Sleepers, Dining Car and Day Coaches, runs
through to Cincinnati and Louisville solid, every day
in the year at 5 P. M. from New York via. Pennsylva-
nia R. R., Cortlandt and Desbrosses Ferries, Brooklyn
by annex, 4:30 P. M.
The Cincinnati Express leaves week days, at 8 A. M.
with Dining Car and Sleepers, Washington to Cincin-
nati and St. Louis. For tickets, Pullman accommo-
dations, or information, apply 362 Broadway, or at any
Pennsylvania R. R. ticket office.
F R A N K IHcCONNELL,
Passenger Agent,
362 BROADWAY, N. Y.
GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT.
Indorsed by Liszt, Gottschalk, Wehli, Bendel, Straus, Soro, Abt,
Paulus, Titiens, Heilbron and Germany's Greatest Masters.
Established over Half a Century.
BOSTON, MASS.