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that the motor will only operate when the
cavities are seven or twelve in number, cor-
responding to the number of tones in the
major and chromatic scales of the incom-
plete octave.
The " Packard " Piano.
RAPIDLY GAINING IN POPULARITY AND NOW
STANDS SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE CELE-
BRATED " P A C K A R D " ORGAN.
A
LITTLE more than twenty-five years
ago the Fort Wayne Organ Co. be-
A music trade dealer who is noted for the
ER AND WORKMAN.
gan
the
manufacture of the now celebrated
mirror-like glossiness of his wares, says that
Packard
organ. Then the organ was un-
the secret of the beauty of his piano cases
SOUND MOTOR—A Recent Invention.
known
outside
of its own o\\.y and county,
is the use of a polish made from the pre-
It lias been discovered that sound con-
but
since
then
it has so grown in favor
scription given below. It can be used on
tains or can cause motion. This may be
that
at
this
time
it is a household favorite
the most rare and costly wood, not only
the explanation of the mysterious Keely
in
almost
every
country
on the face of the
without fear of injury, but as a preserva-
motor, which "went" without any apparent
globe,
being
for
sale
in
the
United King-
tive. It is made as follows:
cause. The new sound motor is in the form
dom, South America, South Africa, Aus-
To four tablespoonfuls of sweet oil add
of a wheel, which turns when a certain note
tralia, China, Japan, the West Indies, etc.
four of turpentine, a teaspoonful of lemon
is struck.
This indeed speaks well for the company
juice and ten drops of household ammonia.
As yet it has little power, and may be
and its business methods.
Shake well and it is ready. Care must be
easily stopped with the finger. But further
Having met with such excellent success in
taken also to shake each time just before
experiments may show that all sorts of
launching
their first venture, the company
using.
noises at present regarded merely as a
about
two
years ago decided to begin the
The proper application of this polish is
nuisance, can be made to accomplish useful
manufacture
of a companion piece to their
important to insure magical results, and
results.
celebrated
organ,
and it is with pride that
two or three cloths are absolutely necessary.
The intensity of its manifestation de-
they
can
show
to
the music loving world
Cheese cloth is excellent, and also old soft
pends upon the density of the air in which
an
instrument
that
is
sure to win laurels for
silk handkerchiefs and bits of fine flannel.
the suund is generated, and not upon the
itself
and
its
manufacturers.
The Packard
Apply with No. 1 until the wood seems to
density of the air in which it is heard. A
piano
is
indeed
a
wonderful
instrument,
have absorbed some of the mixture; then
tuning-fork, when in vibration, molds the
wonderful
for
its
pure
and
sympathetic
rub briskly with No. 2, and finish off with
surrounding air into sonorous waves that
tone combined with great power, for its
No. 3.
we call sound. While this may be termed
elastic touch and durability of action, for
A few drops of violet scent added to the
simply an "exhibition of energy," who is
its artistic and striking designs, and for its
polish
will do away with the odor of turpen
the philosopher who can prove it is not to
superb finish.
tine, which is disliked by some people.
be a "form of matter?"
Determined to make the piano as near
Sound is but a changed form of molecule. NICKEL PLATE CLEANSER—A Useful Recipe. perfect as possible they secured the services
In the first form of the sound motor vanes
Nickel plated parts on flutes, accordions, of an expert workman, an adept in the art
like those of the radiometer were em- concertinas, etc., are apt to become tar- of piano scale drawing, a technical musi-
ployed, but without much success.
nished, thus giving the goods a second cian, and a thorough mechanic, especially
Then the phenomenon of resonance was hand appearance after only moderate ex- in the art of piano building—a man who
studied. Certain shaped bodies appeared posure to the atmosphere.
A capital has had over fifty years' experience in
to reinforce sound—make it louder, strong- cleanser is made up of the following ingre- piano building, and who has been connected
er. Experiment along this line revealed dients, says a London paper: Equal parts with the leading first-class factories in the
the remarkable fact that between the law of precipitated carbonate of iron and pre- East; and the result of all this experience
of conic sections and the law of sound there pared chalk, or two ounces prepared chalk culminated in his last production—the
existed a curious relationship, the tonic, and one-half ounce quicksilver.
When Packard—which he himself pronounces his
the dominant and the sub-dominant of the used add a small quantity of alcohol, and masterpiece.
sound scale corresponding to the cylinder, rub with chamois leather. Nickel platers
The company had implicit confidence in
the parabola and the hyperbola.
generally use ordinary rouge for polishing. the success of the piano from the start, says
A cavity shaped as a cylinder, having a Another efficacious method is to rouge the the Fort Wayne, Ind., "News," but, never-
spherical termination, offered a measurable parts with a little fresh lard or lard oil on theless, they put the instrument to every
resistance to the sound of the tonic. A a wash-leather or buckskin, using as little known test, and did not put it upon the
cavity shaped as a parabola resisted the of the rouge and oil as possible. The wip- market for some months after it was com-
sound of the dominant, and a hyperbolic- ing should be repeated every day, and the pleted, and not until after they had secured
shaped cavity resisted the sub-dominant, polishing as often as necessary. A good the verdict of several of the largest piano
the different shaped cavities being but paste for polishing nickel is made of chalk dealers in this country, and also an expres-
slightly or not at all affected by other notes. mixed with tallow. Sleel is best polished sion from a number of the best musical
The present form of the sound motor with a paste of wet Vienna lime applied to critics the country produces, and the ver-
consists of a flat disk mounted upon an buff, and finished dry; and tin may be simi- dict of them all was unanimous, that the
axle. On the periphery of the disk are larly treated. Whiting and water applied Packard piano was a marvel and an inno-
twelve cup-like cavities, shaped either with a chamois skin will also have a good vation in the art of the present day piano
parabolic, hyperbolic or cylindrical, accord- result, or the metal may be burnished with production.
ing as it is desired to use a certain note, wet ox-gall diluted with water, and washed
The Packard piano is the coming instru-
the axis of the cavity being at a tangent to with water containing a trace of tartar, and ment; it has qualities that few of the other
afterwards dried.
the circumference of the disk.
and older established makes can equal, and
TO THE MANUFACTURER, DEAL-
As a hollow sphere reflects to its center
all rays of incidence originating within it,
besides reinforcing them, the motor is
enclosed in a flat spherical casing, which,
while conserving the actuating sound, ex-
cludes extraneous ones. The axis of the
disk is projected outside of the casing,
where it carries a pulley.
The sound employed to move the disk is
produced by a tuning-fork vibrated by a
small electro-magnet. A curious feature is
PIANO POLISH -Insures Satisfactory Results.
none excel.
The Trade Directory, zvhieh is a feature
of The Reviciv each month, is complete. In
it appears the names and addresses of all
firms engaged in the manufacture of musical
instruments and the allied trades. The Re-
viciv now is sent to the United States Con-
sulates throughout the world, and is on fie
in the reading rooms of the principal hotels
in A merica.
DAVID H. SCHMIDT, piano hammer cov-
erer, 163d street and Melrose avenue, has
been receiving congratulations all the week
anent the fortieth anniversary of the found-
ing of his house, which was celebrated last
Saturday.
J. C. DONOHUF & Co. have
succeeded
DonGhue & Greenlund, of Warren, Pa.