History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . o. w to o to: © eg X « -v 1—1 ?l k on & W o t> * W rr 5^ 8 a < id g o ^ o ?^ e o PS P n a. •Si ffl PHIL A DEL PHI A. 121 single casting laid the foundation of a system of con-struction which has been largely and successfully devel-oped in America. . Conrad Meyer, of Philadelphia,claimed to have invented the metal plate in a singlecasting in 1832. Whether Meyer was aware of the pre-vious efforts of Allen and Babcock or not, he has themerit of having made a good square on this plan of con-struction in 1833. In
History of the American pianoforte : its technical development, and the trade . o. w to o to: © eg X « -v 1—1 ?l k on & W o t> * W rr 5^ 8 a < id g o ^ o ?^ e o PS P n a. •Si ffl PHIL A DEL PHI A. 121 single casting laid the foundation of a system of con-struction which has been largely and successfully devel-oped in America. . Conrad Meyer, of Philadelphia,claimed to have invented the metal plate in a singlecasting in 1832. Whether Meyer was aware of the pre-vious efforts of Allen and Babcock or not, he has themerit of having made a good square on this plan of con-struction in 1833. In a very valuable work issued by Steinway & Sons inrelation to the historical growth of the American piano-forte, during the progress of the Centennial Exhibitionin 1876, I further find this reference to Babcock : Inthe year 1825 Alpheus Babcock, of Philadelphia, wasgranted a patent for the construction of a cast-iron ringsomewhat resembling the shape of a harp in a squarepiano, for the purpose of increasing its power of resist-ance to the pull of the strings.
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