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Otago Witness, Issue 1456, 11 October 1879, Page 24

JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS' PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS, " Paris, Nov. 4, 1878. " I have attentively examined the beautiful pianos of Mesara John Brinsmead aud Sons that are exhibited at the Paris International Exhibition of 1878. I consider them to be exceptional in the ease with which graduations of sound can be produced, from the softest to the most powerful tones. These excellent pianos merit the approbation of all artists, as the tone is full as well as sustained, and the touch is of perfect evenness throughout its entire range, answering to every requirement of the pianist." Ch Gounod. JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS' Patent Sostenente Pianos. " The highest praise is certainly due to Messrs John Erinsmead and Sona for the complete success which has crowned their efforts to produce, on the most simple principles, a perfectly even, smooth, and sensitive repetition touch. The purity of the tone and the excellent mechanism of the Pianos exhibited by them in the Paris Exhibition, called forth warm eulogies from all the competent critics." [John Stainer. M.A., Mus. Doof, Member of the International Jury of the Paris Exhibition, 1878. JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS' Patent Sostenente Pianos. " I have pleasure in expressing my opinion that the Paris Exhibition Model Grand Pianofortes of .Messrs John Brinsmead and Sons are unsurpassed. The tone is deliciously sweet, sustained, and extraordinarily powerful ; the touch responds to the faintest and most trying strains on it, and the workmanship is simply perfect." W. Kuhe. JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS Patent Sostenente Pianos. "I feel great pleasure in bearing testimony to the excellency of the Pianofortes made by Messrs John Brinsmead and Sons. Their tone is rich, powerful, and equal, and their check repeater action most ingenius, successful, and valuable." Edward J. Hopkins, Organist and Director of the Choir, Temple Church, London, JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS' PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS. Illustrated London News. " The French papers have been unanimous in their expressions of admiration of these splendid instruments. The grands especially have enchanted the Parisian professors and amateurs of musio by their noble sonorousness, their enormous power, and the sympathetically voice-like quality of tone. The touch, also, is beautifully light, elastic, and certain, 80 that many pianists of every nation, from the Abbe Lizt downwards who nave tried these instruments, have highly complimented the enterprising manufaccurers on their success." JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS' Patent Sostenente Pianos. Morning Advertiser. " The Legion of Honour. — -In addition to the other distinctions awarded to Meßßrs John Brinsmead and Sona at the Paris Exhibition of 1878, the founder of the firm has been created Chevalier of the Legion of Honour." JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS' PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS. " Paris, the Bfch Sept. 1878. ' ' We, the undersigned, certify that, after having seen and most conscientiously examined the English Pianos at the Universal Exhibition of 1878, find that the palm belongs to the Grand Pianos of the house of Brinsmead." Nicholas Rubinst'en, Antoine de Kontski, Court Pianist to the Emperor of Germany, and Chevalier of several Orders. JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS' tl Patent Sostenente Pianos. Daily Chronicle. "In tone the instrument is exceedingly rich and sweet, and in touch the very perfection of lightness. Messrs Brinsmead may certainly be congratulated oa their success." , JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS' Patent Sostenente Pianos. Echo. " The nearest approach to perfection with which we are acquainted." JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS' Patent Sostenente Pianos. Daily News. "Anew Pianoforte, recently manufactured by Messrs John Brinsmead and Sons, claims notice, not only on account of its beauty and richness of tone, but specially for some ingenious mechanical novelties ; the most important being the addition of a third pedal, by means of which the sounds of any note or notes may be almost indefinitely prolonged at the will of the player. Thus, bass notes may be sustained after being struck by the left hand, which may then be taken away, and, with the right hand, may execute the most brilliant staccato passages, thus giving almost the effect of four hands. The patent 1 check - repeater action,' a speciality of Messrs Brinsmead, enables the performer to command with ease the most rapid reiteration of the same note ; the facility of the key movement in general being such that glissando passages can be executed with such perfect ease as to render them practicable with the lightest touch. The volume of tone is intensified by a peculiar construction of the Bounding board, another improvement beiflg the system of bridging, by which the vibrations are increased and rendered sympathetic. The Pianoforte is cspablft of all degrees of delicacy and power, its massive structure rendering it IcES liable to get out of tune than usual ; and the instrument is altogether calculated to extend the reputation of its makers." JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS PIANOS May be obtained of all principal Musicsellers. 1 Prices from 33 Guineas to 500 G-uineaß. 18 Wigmore street, London, W., and the 11 Brinsmead " Works, Graf ton road, Kentish Town, N.W., England t