Music Trade Review
Issue: 1904 Vol. 38 N. 22 - Page 6
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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
AN INVENTION OF IMPORTANCE
Bottom of a Grand Piano, Showing the Tension Rods and Sounding-Board Rim.
imperfection in the modern pianoforte, found even in the instru-
ments made by standard makers, has been the loss in tone quality
due to the inability of the sounding-board to retain its tension. The problem
seems at last to have been satisfactorily solved by a most simple and ingen-
ious construction embodied in the pianos of Mason & Hamlin."—From
"Scientific American" October //, igo2.
A complete description, as given by the "Scientific American" ofi this
epoch-marking invention in pianoforte construction zvill be mailed on appli-
cation to
162 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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THE MUSIC TRADE
REVIEW
AN INVENTION OF IMPORTANCE
Bottom of a Grand Piano, Showing the Tension Rods and Sounding-Board Rim.
imperfection in the modern pianoforte, found even in the instru-
ments made by standard makers, has been the loss in tone quality
due to the inability of the sounding-board to retain its tension. The problem
seems at last to have been satisfactorily solved by a most simple and ingen-
ious construction embodied in the pianos of Mason & Hamlin."—From
"Scientific American" October //, igo2.
A complete description, as given by the "Scientific American" ofi this
epoch-marking invention in pianoforte construction zvill be mailed on appli-
cation to
162 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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