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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5522, 27 October 1879, Page 3

JOHN BRINSMEAD A*D SONS' 7* PATENT SOSTENESTE PIANOS, Paris, 1878. V,'i The Highest award — '.'''• The Cross of the Legion of Honor j The Gold Medal (l'Academie Nationale) j * And also the Silver Medal j ' .7! 1 ''have ;been accorded ,tp J\ £j pj' i JOHN" BRINSMEAD AND SONS, -: 18, Wigmore-street, London, W. ' For the superiority of their Pianos exhibited ''• at tho "■■:■: -Paris International Exhibition ,|Of 1878. " There is but one class of Gold Medals -; for the Exhibition, and the -,7."; ' Decoration of the Cross of the Legion of Honor Constitutes ti' Superior "-Becdmpe'iiae.yi-i; '3/ Extractfrom the Special Report signed by- : - J M. A. Fbtis, the Official Beporter of the Musical Juries. Tlie value of this award is still further enhanced by the fact that the Decoration was Conferred on mo other British Pianoforte Manufacturer. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS* " PATaMT'-SdSTJSI?E^TB^iIKOir^Ii r, I ; : lho principal of the previous Honors gained by the Bbinsmebo Pianos are :— The Diploma of Honor and Gold Medal, South Africa, 1877. ■'-'"• The Grand Medal of Honor and Diploma of 7 Merit, Philadelphia, 1876. The Diploma of Honor, Paris 1874, and the . . Honorary Membership of the National Academy of France. 77. The Gold.Medal, Paris, 1868, -„-^-„- v Tlie 'Diploma of ExtiMor'd,in?iry -'MefcitV Netherlands International-' "'ExlubitlonV 1869. The M edul of Honor, Paris, 1867. The Prize Medal, London, 1862, &c. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' t) Sostbnente Pianos,, With the Perfect Check, Repeater Action, Patented 1862, 1863, 1871, 1875, and . 1879, throughout Europe and;Amerjcav jp JOHN, .BRINSMEAD' : ""I'kW^-SOM'' J : ' PATENT SoSTENBNTE PIANOS. - ' "Paris, Nov. 4, 1878. "I have attentively oxamiDed'tlie MSutifuL pianos of Messrs John Brinsmead') and-. Sons* ' that are exhibited at the Paris International ;. Exhibition of 1878. I consider them to be ; ; exceptional in the case with.wliich gradatipns .'. .-, of sound can he produced/ from Jtjha t sof test to the most powerful tones. -These excellent pianos merit the approbation of all artists, as the tone is f ull as well as sustained, and the touch is of . perfect; evenness jtln^ughout- t its entire range, answering to every requjrdc, ment of the pianist.!' " ~ . Ch. Guonod. JOHN- BRINSMEAD 1 laWd^lloSsT .; Patent Sostbnente Pianos. ■ ~ "Paris, Bth Sept., 1878.: " We, the undersigned, certified that, after having seen and moBt I ;iConßcientiQUf^]r l | i gx»' amined the English Piaaos at the Universal 7 Exhibition, of 187,8,- find that the palm 7; belongs to the' Grand Pianos of the house of Brinsmead." „ , , ..,...„„ __„ . 1 : Nicholas fßnßiKsTßiK,'-'-. 'J /s|J^ -,-"; Antoine de Kontski, : j. , Court Pianist to the Emperor of Ger- .-:-ri many, & Ohevalier of several Orders. ' . John y s'6^ O , Patent Sostbnente Pianos. "The liigh'est 1 praise is certainly due to Messrs John Brinsmead and Sons for the 7 complete success? .^which h¥s* ferow^eldlihehv ; efforts to produce, on the most, ZtisujiW , '• principles, a pprfe/jtly even, smooth, and sensitive repetition "" touch. The purity of the tone and the excellent mechanism of the Pianos exJ^bitediV*^"' irf '^/F^. !^i hibition called forth warm eulogies 'frbin all competent critics.'-' ■ ' , John Stainee, M.A., Mus. Dec. . Member of ,the International ( of th||Paris' Exhibition, $878. UL -'•;< JOHN ■' 'BBItfSMEAD AND SONS* Patent Sostbnbnte Pianos. "Lhave pleasure in expressing .my ,-qpinionthat the Paris Exliibition Model GraM, Pinafortes of Messrs John Brinsmead and Sons' ore ; urisiuisacr>>d. The tone is de- ; iiciously sweet, sustained and extraordinarily powerful • the-toiich responds t6 the ftaihtejiy and to the most trying strains on it,* and tfiV workmanship -is simply perfect." • ' --- •■ - ■ w. Kuhb. - 7 JOHN.. BRINSMEAD^ >' AND 'SONS;' Patent Sostbnente -Pianos. -8-I^. "If eel great pleasure in bearing testimony to the excellence of the Pianofortes made by : Messrs John Brinsmead. and r Sons. Theup, tone is rich, powerful,' and eqhal, tlieib oho.ck repeater action, most ingenious, successfalyand valuable. ■■'-■■ Edwabd J. Hopkins, Organist and^ -Director, of i-tbe^Qjhpjr,- • Temple Ohihfcny %ndon^[ 7 JOHN : BRINSMEAD AND SONS'. PATENT SOSTENBNTE PIANOS. .- ' 7 7-; Lohdow^Neio'sl',' V, ftt'CJf " The French papers have been unanimous, in their, .expressions , of admiration of these splendid'instrumehtis'. Tho grands especially have enchanted the Parisian professors and. amateurs of music by theiif noble' 1 sonorous,ness, their enormous power, snd the sympav '_'. thetically ; voice,-like quality of tone. The touch, also, is beautifully light, elastic, and certain, so that many pianists of . every.nation^. from the 'Abße 'Liszt' downwatds, who bav£ tried these instruments, have highly compll-.^^ meiited-'-fclie manufacturers on their success." JOHN ' "' BRINkMEAIf l< " ANft ' M SOS jf. Patent Sostbnbnte Pianos. VL ' Echo. « The nearest approach to perfection with which we are acquainted. ' (T- 1 c>T',j* >.' ! Q"fpjf ' JOHN .--, BRINSMEAD' " A!sf DYSONS' Patent "Sost bnbntb Pianos. Daily Chronicle, „,r . - -„-. • '-"In' r »tone. the iustrumentf li is exceeUrn|lj rich and sweet, and in touch the very peiv f eetionCof T' Messrs Brinsmead may certainly be congratulated upon their •■ SUCCeSS.", _• ■■ ;• O 'f.'~r'~':i'i t .':\ AT <i'A j" ~>. .; JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS* ; 'Patbnt^Sostbnbnth Pianos. Morning Advertiser. 'f.The Legion , of the ' other distinctions awarded to Mess™ John Brinsmead & Sons at the Paris Exhibitibn of 1878," 'the"" founder of the firm has been created Chevalier of the Legion of. 'v Honor.":' ..: '.v S! 7Jiu. In* '^S^Y. .. .obii/ii .-it- ; John 1 -rrMsm^iad AND SONS -.-.; Patent Sostbnbnte Pianos. • [-„,x 'l !.- n ,=-;;Jaa"%,a?hbJT.TXAKTji;OCr i " A new Pianoforte, recently^tfa^ijT^tuim •"; by Messrs, Jolm-JBi'insmead and Sons, claims - notice,' hot only on account of its beauty and richness of tone, but specially f or ; r some ,m---gemous meohafiicalfinovelties i the -most iia^ i portant being the addition of a third pedal, by.means of .wbiolitbe soimd of any note or notes may be almost indefinitely prolonged at the will of the player. jThus, bass, azotes gnay " • bo siista'ihcd" after being struck by'theil^rc . hand, which may then be taken away,"'ana 7 7 with tlie "riglit »'liind')- may execute the most brilliant staccato passages, thus giving almost ; the effectjpf four o lipndsj;, / . Thg^t^^checlp .-■ repeater action," a speciahty i n_ l of. o |Jjlejßfe ■' Brinsmead, epablps .the performer to command ~i with ease tlio'most 5 rapid reitemtion of the ; same note ; the facility of the key movement '„"; in geneitLbemg-BUcK.'tj^^rfc&arfff^ '■■■_ can be executed with such perfect 'ease asvto render them practicable with the lightest . touch. The volume of tone, is intensified by a peculiar construction of the sounding board, , another improvement being the system of bridging, by wHcb^hftJvmrations are increased and rendered sympathetic. The Piuaforte is capable of all degrees of delicacy ".; and power, its massive structure rendering it less liable to get out of tune than usual ; and the instrument is altogether calculated to i exte&d'the: reputation of its' .makers../, 7 ; j . y ; »- -; ~' v 9 : — •; ' fl JOHN BRINSMEAD AND- SONS' : Pianos. May be obtaji^e^.ojE^.aUi;^}].^ principal ; -. " Music Sellers.* " " ; Prices from 33 Guineas to 500 Guineas. j 18, WIGMORE-STREET, LONDON, W. AND ! THE "BRINSMEAD WORKS,'' ARASV J ll SITON.ROAD,IKENTISH TOWN, N.W;.'"i |, ■■"_ . x.is§