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Piano Action. Albert T. Strauch, New
York. Patent No. 594,217, dated Nov.
23, 1897.
This invention relates to an action for
upright and grand pianos, and more par-
ticularly to the means for raising the ac-
tion into the half-stroke position by the
depression of the soft pedal and the means
for preventing lost motion while the ac-
tion is so raised, so that the touch may
always remain the same.
Violin. Alfred Springer, Cincinnati,
O. Patent No. 594,102, dated Nov. 23,
1897.
This invention relates to improvements
in violins having a sounding body con-
structed of aluminum or its alloys, its ob-
ject being to improve the tone quality of
the instrument.
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What is claimed for this invention is:—
In a violin-body of the character indicated,
two lateral strips attached in the same re-
lative plane to the inner sides of the belly
and back respectively, at the left of and
perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the
body, and integrally connected by a corre-
sponding part attached to the side of the
body.
Fall Board for Piano. F. W. Hedge-
land, Chicago, assignor to the W. W. Kim-
ball Co. Patent No. 594,012, dated Nov.
23, 1897.
This invention relates to the construc-
tion of a fall-board capable of being folded
upon itself and moved into a recess in the
case of the instrument.
Iron Frame Piano.
M. J. Christie,
London, Eng. Patent No. 594,325, dated
Nov. 23, 1897. Also patented in England
and France.
This invention relates to improvements
in iron-frame pianofortes, and has for its
object to obtain a more reliable means
than heretofore employed for sustaining
the strain of the strings and regulating
the tension thereof; and the invention
comprises various details of arrangement
of the parts, as herewith described.
Iron frames of pianofortes, owing to the
unequal cooling of the metal in casting
such a large surface, are commonly of un-
equal texture throughout their body, and
therefore liable to fracture, and the strain
of the strings, which is also more or less
unequal throughout the entire compass, is
borne directly by the top bar or " wrest
plank" of the frame, and these causes com-
monly result in the fracture of the frame,
which is thereby rendered wholly useless,
necessitating its removal and replacing by
a new frame.
Now according to the present invention,
instead of mounting the "wrest pins" or
regulating pins in a bar made integral
with the frame, they are mounted in a
separate bar of malleable cast-iron or other
metal which is hung on the top of the
frame, by which means the strain of the
wires is equally distributed throughout the
frame, and there is consequently little or no
liability for it to break, while the hanging
bar can be formed of such material and
proportions as to render the fracture there-
of a practical impossibility. The hanging
bar, which may be in one length or in sec-
tions, is at its rear formed with an over-
hang having a groove in its under side,
and the frame is formed to more or less fit
the groove, while the hanging bar is ex-
tended downward beyond,the front side of
the groove in order to afford a good bearing
upon the frame; and the invention also re-
lates to novel means for regulating the
tension of the strings.
An $8,000 Fire.
[Special to The Review.]
Westfield, Mass., Nov. 25, 1897.
The entire fire department was called
out by a double alarm from Box 32 at
IS THE LEADING ENGLISH TRADE PAPER
about 7.45 o'clock this evening. The
PROPRIETORS, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS:
alarm was rung in by Frank Michalek, a
POLSUE & ALFIERI, Lim.
Bohemian, for a blaze in the C. N. Stimp-
186 WARDOUR ST., W.. LONDON
son piano leg factory on Meadow street.
When the department arrived the building
was
enveloped in flames and the water
Finest Tone,
which was poured on was useless. The
building is a total wreck; fully insured.
The structure, a two-story building, 140x50
Best Work
feet, was lined with brick as far as the
second story, which was of wood only. It
and Material. was erected by C. N. Stimpson in 1892 and
was used by him until recently, when it
OVER 65,000 NOW IN USE.
was leased to the Westfield Tank, Seat and
Faucet Co., N. Roberts manager. The
Illustrated Catalogue upon application.
company had recently been formed, and on
this account very little finished product
was on hand.
NEW YORK,
BOSTON,
CHICAGO,
The total loss is about $8,coo, $4,000 on
116 Boylston Street.
218
Wabash
Avenue.
92 Fifth Avenue.
building
and $4,000 on machinery.
Factories: BOSTON, MASS.
The insurance is: On the building,$2,000,
in the Liverpool, London and Globe Co.,
WORLD
and
$2,000 in the Fire Association, both
RENOWNED
placed
in O. C. Towle's agency; on ma-
PIANO FORTE
ACTION
chinery, $1,000 in the H. Lyman agency.
The cause of the fire isunknown. A year
ago last summer the old barn nearby was
burned.
AUG. PALLE, SOLE AGENT FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA
. The low pressure of water showed the
need of a steamer. The fire lasted about
NEW YORK FACTORY
PARIS FACTORY
an hour and a half.
IN
EUROPE
AND GREATER
BRITAIN
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