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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
than that of the valve operated by them, so
that they readily overcome the resistance
afforded by the air acting upon the valve.
The rod does not bear at any point against
the wood, and consequently there is no
friction exerted upon it. An air-box is also
arranged outside the channels, and the air
therein when compressed acts upon the
outer surface of one of the membranes, and
operates the valve-rod in the direction
which causes the closing of the connecting
passage, and also acts to normally retain
the valve in the closed position.
The invention consists in the novel con-
struction of the valve and its supports and
motor devices, and also in the novel ar-
rangement of the valve, the air-channels,
and the connecting passage, and in the nov-
el combination of parts and devices.
In the drawing a vertical section of that
part of the organ-action which embraces
the invention is shown.
Coupler for Pneumatic Actions. Fred.
W. Hedgeland, of Chicago 111., assignor
to the W. W. Kimball Co. No. 566,314,
dated August 25th, 1896.
This invention relates to pneumatic
actions for organs, and especially to the
means employed for controlling the con-
necting passage or opening between two
channels supplying air under pressure to
the various pneumatics or other operating
devices of the organ action.
The objects of the invention are to pro-
vide the valve controlling the connecting
passage or opening with operating or mo-
tor devices, whereby it will be shifted
Embezzlement Charged.
quickly and with certainty in both direc-
tions; to so support the valve as to render
DISPATCH from St. Louis, Mich.,
it uniform in its operation; to free it from
says: Frank T. West, a music
the friction to which other constructions are
dealer
of
this city, was arrested this morn-
subject, and to nullify the evil effects due
ing
on
the
charge of embezzlement, pre-
to the swelling or shrinking of the wood
ferred by the Singer Manufacturing Co.
The amount of the shortage claimed is
about $1,000. He was arraigned and held
for examination Nov. 5th. Bail was fixed
at $i,ooo, and being unable to furnish
bondsmen, West was lodged in the county
jail. The Western Cottage Organ Co., of
Ottawa, 111., is also a loser to the extent of
$1,000 by West's peculiar manner of doing
business.
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A Music Trade Agriculturalist,
A light and elastic touch, the very acme of
perfection.
Great power and volume of tone, combined with
a rich musical quality, that delights and captivates
all musical connoisseurs.
A beautiful bass-register of remarkable depth
and grandeur, due to the Behr system of stringing.
Unequaled evenness of scale, not even the
transition from the middle to the lower register
being perceptible.
Magnificent exterior. The cases eclipse all
others in attractive appearance and are models of
architectural skill and beauty.
Unusual capacity for remaining in tune in all
climates. An examination of the pin-block, made
of eight thicknesses of maple veneers vertically
crossing and recrossing each other, will demon-
strate one reason for this desirable feature.
Improved form of casting the iron plate, impart-
ing a strength fully double that of other pianos.
Careful construction, which throughout is of the
highest standard of workmanship, proving con-
clusively even to a novice in piano building un-
questioned durability.
The patent cylinder top, a feature which en-
hances the appearance of the case by its beauty of
curvature and admits of the same effect as is ob-
tained by raising the top without the attendant
inconvenience.
The muffler, a valuable improvement for the
piano student, which, by diminishing the volume
of tone, enables the pupil to practice early and
late without in the slightest degree causing annoy-
ance to others, and, by preventing the hammerfelt
from wearing, preserves unchanged the piano's
freshness and roundness of tone.
The Duet Music Desk, which holds two or three
sheets of music side by side. It is exceedingly
convenient in duet playing and when the piano is
used with other instruments.
NE of the most prosperous and enthu-
siastic city farmers in Portsmouth,
O., is Egg L. Gates, the well-known West
Second street music dealer. Mr. Gates
owns one of the finest little farms in the
Scioto valley, and he takes as much pride
and interest in the high cultivation of his
acres as any farmer born and bred to the
soil.
Just now he is wondering how high the
price of wheat and corn is going to go be-
fore there will be a slump in the market.
His corn crop this year will amount to over
10,000 bushels. He gets this from less
Brown's Music Store.
than 140 acres, which gives an average
yield of over 71 bushels to the acre. Some
ILLIAM D. BROWN, proprietor of
fields will yield nearly 100 bushels. One
Brown's music store, 84 Market
little strip that produced six loads last year,
street, is one of Lynn's (Mass.) leading
turned out fourteen this year. And yet it
dealers in pianos and organs, etc. He
is claimed there is no money in farming!
makes a specialty of the celebrated Haines
Bros, pianos, a large supply of which he
keeps
in stock, together with pianos and
Behr Bros. Catalogue.
organs of other well-known makers, and
N amount of valuable information is to his line of small musical instruments are
be found in the new thirty-two page selected with care, in order that he may
catalogue recently issued by Behr Bros. & supply his customers with superior instru-
Co., 292-8 Eleventh avenue, this city. The ments at all times.
Mr. Brown has a thorough knowledge of
importance and superiority of the many
improvements which are embodied in their the mechanism of pianos and organs, and
instruments and which are a specialty of has the reputation of being one of the best
this house are clearly and convincingly ex- piano tuners in the State.
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employed in the construction of the chan-
nels under varying atmospheric conditions.
The valve is automatic in its action, and
serves to open the connection between two
air-supply channels whenever the manual
key controlling one of the channels is oper-
ated, thus giving the single key control
over both channels for the time being, and
it is closed so as to shut off the connection
upon the operating of the key belonging to
the other channel. It may also be closed
independently of the keys by its pneuma-
tic motor. These objects are accomplished
as follows: An opening or passage be-
tween the two channels is formed, and in
this passage is placed a valve adapted in
one position to close the passage and in an-
other position to open it. This valve is
mounted upon a rod arranged transversely
of the channels and having its ends sup-
ported in flexible membranes attached at
their margins to the margin of openings in
the outer walls of the channels. These
membranes permit the shifting of the valve
by the air-pressure acting upon them.
They are equal in surface area, but their
surface is considerably greater in extent
plained, while the new upright styles F, G;
H, N, O, and their special style Louis
XV., and the several styles of grands, are
very effectively illustrated.
The award and medal which was granted
Behr Bros, at the World's Fair, as well as
the medals at New Orleans in 1885, and
Melbourne in 1889, are in evidence, and the
catalogue abounds in extracts from the
opinions of eminent musicians and the trade
and newspaper press regarding the merits
of the grand and upright pianos manufac-
tured by this firm.
The catalogue throughout contains vr'tal
and interesting matter which will enlighten
the dealer as well as the purchaser as to
the Behr Bros, methods of manufacturing.
The following excerpt, giving a brief re-
sume of the special features of the Behr
Bros, uprights, is right to the point and
merits the careful perusal of the trade:
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