From The North American.

ACCORDlONIzED PIANOS.
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1he numerous paragraphs which have
been going the rounds of the newspapers.
descriptive OF the wonderful effects pro-
duced by Coleman's attachment to pianos,
not the least wonderful of which is the


large sum of money which he is said to


have received for 1t, have doubtless impress


ed the public mind with the idea that our


young countryman has made an astonishS


Ing discovery, which is to throw all other


InstI uments IN The shade, and form a new


era in the musical world. Without wishing


In any way to delraci from Mr.. Coleman's


merit as asa. an laaenloas neshpqlf eaRf9 ssiId


as an amateur of music do my best TO cor
rect erroneous Impressions on any subject
connected with my favorite science Plans
os with a reed attac chment for many years,


and similar reeds have also been introduced
into organs, and Ins every instance The at
tempt has ended in failure as all such eff.
| forts must, until the fundamental laws of a
| coustics shall have been completely over
turned.


| This can easily be shown:-The piano
| forte, it is well known. is very much affect
ed by Grange of temperature. which raises
| or depresses the pitch, and the action of the
| hammer on the Strings always has ten


dency TO alter the tone of the strings The
accordion reed it is we'll asceHained, is
very liable TO be out of order. The sup
posed invention of Mr. Coleman consists ia


making the keys of the piano admit the


wind from the bellows 10 the reeds at the


same time the hammer strikes the strings,


thus performing on two instruments a! one


time the one belag a wind instrument, the


other an instrument OF percussion. Ii is a


law of acoustics that no two bodies will vi


brate together unless they are in perfect u


nison; If, therefore. the string and reed are
not IN accurate tune a very disagreeabie
discord must be produced, and the instEu>
nents canno: be played together until the


one or the other has been tuned and expe-
, rience has proved that reeds added 10 plan
t os or organs are most ofthe time useless on
!. this very account. Any person having an
: accordion and piano tuned in unison, can
5 prove satisfactorily the truth of the above
q statement; aud on the slightest inquiry, the
e Information of the existence for some years
II OF the reed combined with the place can be
: Obtained We would advise those who ma y
? wish for the accordioniZed piano, 10 have
i patience. until the experiment has been tui
}, ly tested, and not run the risk of buying al
= instrument which they will very probably
It be glad 10 part with, very soon alter !
II comes into their possession.


IS The piano makers of Phiiadelph ar
Sc second to nons in the Union, and they hav
le shown no inclination to make instrument
q, ofthis description, being convinced of It's IN
to utility, and not wishing 10 injare the repu


,ation of their factories, by experiment


which have SO fseq len:ly failed when Irie
= by others FACTS