JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOFORTES Were awarded The Gold Medal and the Silver Medal, Paris, 1878 The Gold Medal and Diploma of Honor, South Africa, 1877 The Grand Medal of Honor and Diploma of Merit, Philadelphia, 1876 The Grand Diploma of Honor, Paris, 1874 The Geld Medal, Paris, .1869 The Diploma of Extraordinary Merit, Netherlands International Exhibition, 1869 The Medal of Honor, Paris, 1867 The Prize Medal, London, 1862, &o. JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' PERFECT CHECK REPEATER r ACTION PIANOS. Patented 1862, 1868, 1871, 1875, and 1879, in Great Britain Austria Prussia Italy, Belgium, and i France America. •'*'' ' OHN BRINSMEAD & SONS GOLD MEDAL PIANOS With the Patent Perfect Check Kepeater i , Action. j CH. GOUNOD. . . . . "Paris, Nov. 4, 1878. "I have attentively examined the beautiful piaros of Messrs John Brinsmead and Sons that are exhibited at the Paris International Exhibition of 1878. S I consider them to be exceptional in the ease with which gradations 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." JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' GGLD MEDAL PIANOS. With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. i ' . ■ ; "~~ — '.' . ■ ; '.' ' ..' • NICHOLAS RUBENSTEIN , (Director of the Imperial Conservatoire; lot [ ■ ' Music, Moscow). ANTIINEDE KONTSKI ; , (Court Pianist to the Emperor of Germany). D. MAGNUS.. .; . / "We, the undersigned,, certify, tha^- , after having seen and /most conacientio'usly examined the English Pianos at the Universal Exhibition of 1878. find that the .palm. -belongs to : the Grand j Pianos of the house of Brinsmead. "Done in Paris the Bth Sept., 1878." TOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS* 7- 1 i .n O GOLD MEDAL PIANOS. V With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Aotiou. - JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' ■ • - ' '■ SIR JULIUS BENEDICT, "I have examined Messrs Brinsmead and Sons'. New Check v Action, as applied to their ■Pianos, auo^eonsia'er it a most' ingenious and valuable invention, which cannot fail to meet with success." JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' y, GOLD MEDAL PIANOS. , • With' the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. On the Three Years System. ■ -' JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS 1 " y. v SYDNEY SMITH. •• •• • "I have much pleasure in testifying to the igreat excellence' of "Messrs John Brinstead and Sons' Pianofortes. Their ' Perfect ' Check Repeater' produces a . touch that an absolute perfection, arid which is unsurpassed by '* any other maker, native or foreign.'.' . " i ,", - •■ ; JOH.i BRINSMEAD & SOlSb ~~ T ~ : GOLD MEDAL PIANOS. With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater ' Action. . JOHN BRINSMEAD & riONS' ~ ~ ' • "Globe." " Beautifully light and elastic touch, and ah instant repetition." * ". JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' .^•. .NEW. CONCERT GRAND PIANOS. With the Patent "Perfect Cgieok.Repeatfi^ Action, j./ J ;. . ,i^ "Graphic.? ' ' . Tj; "This splendid Instrument has. the . unusual compass 7£ octaves, and has a greatly -increased length and. weight 'oi string between the pridgea, .while, the Sostinent sounding board is, so constructed as to respond to. the, vibration of the strings with extreme readiness." JOHN BRINSMEAD & SOWS. , . NEW CONCERT GRAND FIANO, With the Patent Perfect Check Bepeater . Action. May be had at moderate charges. ,;. , -.;,' . •'Observer.',',, ••'"•/!•'- •. , .". ' "The improvements include, a, third, pedal, which prolongs, .the sound of £nyi ■ chord or note struck ; by. the, performer; ■, and a 'Check Repeater Action^', which: secures the most .complete ; facility, ;of repetition." . i > i. i i •;•' OHN BHINSMEAD & SONS'- «■ \ N»W CONCERT GRAND 'PIANO;": With the Patent Check Repeater Action^ '••■ May be hired for three years, after -which time they become the property" of the hirer without further payment. ■ -'> *■ h-v : >:■„■< i ; . ' ''-'/i'-I J' :i' i 'ii "Morning Advertiser/' '"[ '<:■■■>'■ •>'• " The tone is remarkably full afid'; even, of exquisite purity, and capable of the nicest gradation in the- hands of a" competent player." . , : JOHN BRINSMEAD & vSONS" ; SHORT IRON GRAND PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check .Repeater Action. • -. .ill . I ' I 1 : ■ •. . ) I "Illustrated London News." • . !i "The ' Brinsmead' Works : can jrapj>jy t: 3000 Pianos annually. The ''French' papers have been unanimous in 'their 1 expressions of admiration of these spleu'- 11 did instruments. The grands' especially 1 have enchanted the Parisian professors and amateurs of music by their noble* sonorousness, their enormous- ■ prtwer, ■' and the sympathetically 'voice-like quality of tone. The touch • also ris beautifully light, elastic, ! and; ! certain 1 / 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. 1 * JOHN BRINSMKAD & SONS' 1 / GOLD MKDAL PIANOS, ' With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater!' Action. "••', "' JOHN BRINSMEAD & BONS. "Morning Post. 1 . , .- " A meta! bridge of a peculiar form is, ÜBed to produce the treble, and a much finer tone is produced than if a wooden bridge were used; " OHN BRENBMEAD & SONS' : "" . GOLD MKDAL PIANOS. With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action.. ' ! ••■ , On the Three Years's System. TOHN BRINSMEAD & SONcJ. "Standard." , . "Receive the greatest approbation' everywhere oi musicians and manufacturers. ' ' JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS. " Daily News." "The new pianoforte olaims notice, not only on account of its beauty and and richness of tone, but specially for some iflgenious mechanical novelties."' TOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS' J PIANOFORTES, : guaranteed for five years. ' ' Illustrated Price Lists and Descriptions, with Opions of the London Press and Musical Profession, forwarded post free upon application. • >; : l /~1 ILBEIiT BALJEH'S i'MZE M\.n L' 3 KJC DRAWING • BOOM OIiOANS, from eight guiaeia.lo 300 guWas. On the Thr^e Ye -trs' Syßtems. TOHN BRINSMEAD & SO.NS' GOLD J MEDAL PIANOS, sale or lire, and | on the Three Years' System. N~ O. 18, WIGMOR HS-BTHB aT,* 4&W DON, W. XNU FACTORY, Ibe li ill .xr MEAD WOBKS, GRAFTON-ROAD, N.W. 754. ■ " - '
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5417, 25 June 1879, Page 2
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