Music Trade Review
Issue: 1886 Vol. 10 N. 10 - Page 3
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CONOVER & BROS.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
I E N T O S #«
Factory and Warerooms, 400 and 402 W. 14th St., 37,39,41,43 and 45 Ninth Ave., New York.
Our Patented Improvements : Repeating Action, Metallic Action Frame, Duplex Bridge with
Auxiliary Vibrators, Telescopic Lamp Bracket, Automatic Music Desk.
" I n outward appearance the Upright of the CONOVER BROS. (New York and
Kansas City) is elegant, and its arrangement of desk and lamp bracket—both of which
can lie drawn out or concealed—decidedly novel and useful. In vitality of tone, which a
sustained finger touch prolongs with remarkable intensity, the Conover Upright is very
hard to excel. This prolongation, so earnestly sought by both maker and purchaser, ex-
tends into the high Treble, where it is rarely found, and there is, at the same time, a
sympathetic quality in the tone which charms the ear untiringly. The Action is supporting
and helpful to the player—so elastic and light that fatigue is deferred to an unusual
degree. The key repetition, so difficult to obtain in an Upright, is rapid and reliable, and
the attack of tone never harsh. There is no questioning the fact that the Conover Piano
has hosts of admirers and is making very many staunch friends. In our opinion it is a very
MESSRS. CONOVER BROS.:
(F)om the Report of the National Music Teachers' Association for 1881.)
" I very gladly bear witness to the stability of the claims promulgated by the Messrs.
Conover Bros. I have had opportunity to investigate these claims ; have submitted their
new action to crucial tests; have tried all sorts of tremolo and rapid reiteration of tones
upon it, and find that it excels any Upright action that I have heretofore played upon.
" My professional brethren will readily understand me when I say that a certain kind
of favoring or humoring accorded to the Upright action I found unnecessary in using the
Conover action. While it would not be reasonable to expect from any Upright action
exactly the same kind of key resistence, owing to the difference in construction, yet the
Conover action responds to the touch with the sympathy and fluency of a repeating Grand
action. I have been much interested in examining this new improvement, and record my
satisfaction ' without fear, or compulsion, or undue influence.'"
E. M. BOWMAN, Editor of <« Weitzman's Harmony."
It gives us pleasure to indorse the above testimonial of Robert Goldbeck, as it ex-
presses our views exactly.
CHAS. KUNKEL.
GEO. W, MORGAN.
NEW YORK, April ist, 1882.
MESSRS. CONOVER BROS.:
GENTLEMEN: I have examined your Upright Pianos and take pleasure in saying that
I was much pleased with them. The scale is very even, and the tone, in addition to its
great sonority, is of the most exquisite musical quality. I was much pleased with the
Action, which seems to possess all the requirements made upon it by the most exacting
technique.
JULIA RIVE KING.
lovely piano—one that captivates."
ROBERT GOLDBECK.
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MUSIC TRADE -- REVIEW.
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CONOVER & BROS.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
I E N T O S #«
Factory and Warerooms, 400 and 402 W. 14th St., 37,39,41,43 and 45 Ninth Ave., New York.
Our Patented Improvements : Repeating Action, Metallic Action Frame, Duplex Bridge with
Auxiliary Vibrators, Telescopic Lamp Bracket, Automatic Music Desk.
" I n outward appearance the Upright of the CONOVER BROS. (New York and
Kansas City) is elegant, and its arrangement of desk and lamp bracket—both of which
can lie drawn out or concealed—decidedly novel and useful. In vitality of tone, which a
sustained finger touch prolongs with remarkable intensity, the Conover Upright is very
hard to excel. This prolongation, so earnestly sought by both maker and purchaser, ex-
tends into the high Treble, where it is rarely found, and there is, at the same time, a
sympathetic quality in the tone which charms the ear untiringly. The Action is supporting
and helpful to the player—so elastic and light that fatigue is deferred to an unusual
degree. The key repetition, so difficult to obtain in an Upright, is rapid and reliable, and
the attack of tone never harsh. There is no questioning the fact that the Conover Piano
has hosts of admirers and is making very many staunch friends. In our opinion it is a very
MESSRS. CONOVER BROS.:
(F)om the Report of the National Music Teachers' Association for 1881.)
" I very gladly bear witness to the stability of the claims promulgated by the Messrs.
Conover Bros. I have had opportunity to investigate these claims ; have submitted their
new action to crucial tests; have tried all sorts of tremolo and rapid reiteration of tones
upon it, and find that it excels any Upright action that I have heretofore played upon.
" My professional brethren will readily understand me when I say that a certain kind
of favoring or humoring accorded to the Upright action I found unnecessary in using the
Conover action. While it would not be reasonable to expect from any Upright action
exactly the same kind of key resistence, owing to the difference in construction, yet the
Conover action responds to the touch with the sympathy and fluency of a repeating Grand
action. I have been much interested in examining this new improvement, and record my
satisfaction ' without fear, or compulsion, or undue influence.'"
E. M. BOWMAN, Editor of <« Weitzman's Harmony."
It gives us pleasure to indorse the above testimonial of Robert Goldbeck, as it ex-
presses our views exactly.
CHAS. KUNKEL.
GEO. W, MORGAN.
NEW YORK, April ist, 1882.
MESSRS. CONOVER BROS.:
GENTLEMEN: I have examined your Upright Pianos and take pleasure in saying that
I was much pleased with them. The scale is very even, and the tone, in addition to its
great sonority, is of the most exquisite musical quality. I was much pleased with the
Action, which seems to possess all the requirements made upon it by the most exacting
technique.
JULIA RIVE KING.
lovely piano—one that captivates."
ROBERT GOLDBECK.
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