PIANOS AND GRAMOPHONES;

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 July 1924, Page 4

PIANOS AND GRAMOPHONES;

THE BRISTOL PIANO, CO.. LTD.

(M. Kinet'on Parkes, Representative.) This is. one of the most - intevesting stands iii the show, by ' reason of the fact that there is here exhibited the world’s best makes of pianos and gramophones. The possession of one, of these instruments does not exactly increase, the yield of butter-fat for the farmer, but he and his family certainly go about their duties with a lighter heart: - • -

The’ “House of Broadvvood” is here represented. , When her the Queen decided to have constructed a complete house in miniature, for . display at the British Empire Exhibition, for the cause of charity, to whom did she entrust the making of the- grand piano p Expense was no object ; in fact there was' only one object in view, to have the very best. So Queen Mary issued a> Royal command tc Messrs John Broadwood and Sons to construct a miniature 'grand piano, exactly on. the lines of their usual grand. The resulting instrument is one of the chief marvels of the Queen’s doll’s house, at present-on view at Wembley. .It-'is' so sin all that it wilt stand on the • keyboard of an ordinary piano, and“yet it will play. This, then is the-firmwhose products are to lie seen at the Hawera Show Three models of the “Walter Collinson” piano are on view also. This is the organisation which has done so much to bring within reach of. nearly, everyone a really good piano. English throughout, they sell at from £B4, and delivery will be made to any address in New Zealand for so small a deposit as £5, with monthly instalments to suit each client. There will be two magnificent specimens of Player vpiauos at the Bristol stand, and demonstrations by an expert will be given at. intervals throughout each day. - His Master’s Voice gramophones are a special feature of this exhibit. There are .ho -fewer than seven models of this famous niake; and here, again, practical ' demon st rations will be given at intervals throughout each day. The “His ■ Master r s. Voice” Company has reached a unique position in the manufacture of records, as, incredible as it may seem/ the firm’s daily output of records placed in one pile wonl/i form a. colurim higher than St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, When the output reached these dizzv dimensions a change was made,in the sign over their chief shon in Regent Street, London! The well-known dog, listening to “His Master’s Voice,” now wags his tail—and no wonder!

“Columbia” is the next in importance. This firm were the pioneers of the actual gramophone; that is-to say. the machine that plays- flat or disc records. Thev have now discovered , a method of making records wherebv nearly all of the scratch is eliminated. The “Metronola,” undoubtedly the best of the cheaper machines, is well represented, too.