JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOFORTES Were awarded The Gold Medal and the Silver Medal, Paris, 1878 The Gold Medal and Diploma of {Eonojr, South Africa, 1877 .; The Grand Medal of ;Honor and Diploma of Merit, Philadelphia, 1876 ,-,.:_. The Grand Diploma, of JEohoir, Paris, 1874 The Gold Medal, Paris, 1869 w . The Diploma of Extraordinary Merit, Netherlands International Exhibition, 1869' The Medal of Honor, Paris, 1867 The Prize Medal, London, 1862, &6. JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' PERFEOT CHEOK REPEATER ACTION PIANOS. Patented 1862, 1868, 1871, 1875, and 1879, in Great Britain . Austria Prussia Italy, Belgium, and France America. . JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS GOLD MEDAL PIANOS With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action, CH. GOUNOD. " Paris, Nov. 4j 1878; "I have attentively examined the < beautiful pianos of Messrs John Brinsmead and Sons that are exhibited at the Paris International Exhibition of 1878. I I consider them to be exceptional in the ease with whioh gradations of sound can be produced, from the softest to the most powerful tones. These excellent j 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." JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' GGLD MEDAL PIANOS. With the Patent. Perfeot Cheok Repeater Action. nioholas"rubenstein (Director of the Imperial Conservatoire of, . Music, Moscow). ANTIINE DE KONTSKI (Court Pianist to the Emperor of Germany). D.MAGNUS. ; . "We, the undersigned, certify; that, after having seen and most conscientiously examined the English Pianos at the Universal Exhibition of 187.8, find that the palm belongs to the Grand Pianos of the house of Brinsmead. " Done in Paris ,the;Bth Sept., 1878." JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' ' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS. ■With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater A Aotion. JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' SIR JULIUS BENEDiCT. "I have examined Messrs Brinsmead and Sons' New Check, Action, .as applied 1 to their Pianos, and consider it a most ingenious and valuable indention, which cannot fail to. meet with'succesa," JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' GOLD MEDAI PIANOS. j With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. . On the Three Years Syßteni. John brinsmead & sons' sydnbFsmith. "I have much pleasure in testifying to the great excellence ef Mesarß John Brinstead and. Sons' Pianofortes. Their 'Perfect? Check Repeater' produces a touch that an absolute perfection, and which is unsurpassed vby any other maker, native or foreign." OH_* BRINSMEAD & SONS GOLD MKDAL PIANOS. With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater j Action. JOHN BRINSMEAD & dONS' ■ "Globe." , • , "Beautifully light and elastio touoh, ' i and an instant repetition." JOHN' BRINSMEAD & SONS' ~ NEW CONCERT GRAND PIANOS. With the Patent Perfect Cheok Repeater Action. "Graphic." , "This splendid Instrument has the unusual compass 7£ octaves, and has a greatly-increased length' and weight ot string between the bridges, while the Sostinent sounding board is so constructed 'as to respond to the vibration of the strings with extreme readiness." OHN BRINSMEAD & SONS. NEW CONCERT GRAND PIANO, iWith the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. May be had at moderate charges. : "Observer." " The improvements .include a; third pedal, which prolongs the sound of auy chord or note struck by the performer, and a 'Check Repeater Action,' which Becures the most complete' faoility of ; repetition." ' .' ______ JOHN BRINSMEAD, & SONS' NEW CONCERT GRAND PIANO, iWith the Patent Check Repeater Action. May be hired for three years, after which, • time they become the property of the hirer without further payment. "Morning Advertiser." "The tone is remarkably full and even, ,of exquisite purity, and capable of the nicest gradation iv the hands of a competent player. " JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONtf SHORT IRON GRAND PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Cheok Repeater Action. " Illustrated London News." "The 'Brinsmead' Works oan supply 3000 Pianos annually. The Frenoh papers have been unanimous in their expressions of admiration of these splendid instruments. The grands especially have enchanted the Parisian professors and amateurs of music by their noble sonorousness, their enormous power, ..and the sympathetically voico-like quality of tone. The touch also is beautifully light, elastic, and certain, so that many pianists of every nation, from the Abbe Liszt downwards ,who have tried these instruments have • highly complimented the enterprising manufacturers on their success," OHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' " GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfeot Check Repeater Action. JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS. "Morning Post.' " A meta! bridge of a peculiar form is used to produce the treble, and a much finer tone is produced than if a wooden bridge were used." OHN BRLNtsMEAD & SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS. With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. On the Three Years's System. JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS. " "Standard." "Receive the greatest approbation j everywhere oi musicians and manufao- I , turers." OHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS. "Daily News." " The new pianoforte claims notice, not only on account of its beauty and and richness of tone, but specially for some ingenious mechanical novelties." JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' PIANOFORTES, guaranteed for five years. Illustrated Price Lists and Descriptions, with Opions of the London Press and Musical Profession, forwarded post free upon application. ILBEKT BAUER'S PIUZEMEDALH DRAWING - ROOM OUGANS, from tight guineas to 300 guineas. On the Three Years' Systems. JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, sale or hire, and on the Three Years' System. O. 18, WIGMORE-STREET, LONDON, W. M' ANUFACTOBY, Ihe BRINSMEAD WQBKS, GB.AFTOff.ROAD, N,W, 751, ; ;;- ■;•■. •
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5416, 24 June 1879, Page 4
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