Michiganensian. [1900]

through the sound l i n
b oard at numerouls places,
reak or hem the waves of
vibration, andi they are,
in consequence, very inonly manufa tcturers usmil
the balsamii fir wood for
soulnlilln })oLar(s, the vadl1 -able qualities of which
wer\\te rc-discovered by Alo t a}ert Krell in the year 1S84,
FLOOR NIl BWLDDNIG:(ld which isx no sluccessfullv ulscd viy all the le;(lKRELL in g violin makers for constructine their verty c)Ct instruments. Then agtain, we hav(
RANDS another very marked improvement in thei construction of our }hass bridt-esi the thleory
of which is the same as the theory us.ed in the constructionl of the violin b)ri(lg,.e: take
Continued. for example a violin. and in place of the scroll bridge rlut a solid block of wood, tllcl it
will be found that the sound has been (leadened. Now ilnste ad of using at soli(d )ass
bridge, like other manufacturers do, we l)erforate ours. and therebly secure tile samlle
benefit that is (riven by the scroll-bridgte on Za violinl.
Last but not least, is our metal pedZal action, which cannot stqueak or stick, as (ldo
the wooden pedal actions of other makers. I'his surely shouIld e a source of satisfaction to all pIerformers as; they cannMot be nlloetClll { })y the conlltllant s(cliuCekingl. or the
sticking of the pedals.
ENDURANCE A carefull perusal of the foreoillng' ftcts conccriiig thle m1lalllllf;Lctulre of 1Krell
Pianos should leave no dolubt of thcii eldurallce. e 0otfel- tleln o) their nlllrits aloCe,.
and not upon any purchased rel)Ltatii)n. (yive the Krell a trial an(ld ylo will join ill the
universal verdict that it is the ";Acime of the P'ianlo MIaker's Art.