Gear's illustrated catalogue of wood and iron working machinery (1872)
A.S. Gear, Gear, A. S · Boston : Printed at A.S. Gear's printing office, 62 Sudbury Street · leaf 170
ong material that no safety-valve is necessary.They use only cenire-pressure valves and strongest reeds, made from thick metal andriveted with iron; in the bellows they use rubber cloth made from new gum, which hasdouble the strength of that usually employed; and in all respects these Organs are… … Style P. Length, ^/t. 5 ijt. Hei^ht^ ^ft. i in. Depth, ift. 10 in. Weight, 123 lbs. RESPECTS IN WHICH THE MASON & HAMLIN ORGANS EXCEL. Superiority of Tone.—Quality of tone is the chief thing in amusical instrument; the fundamental excellence; of more valuethan all others. An instrument which…
