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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5523, 28 October 1879, Page 3

\ uTils BY.i:'. fcAl JtAD A*D SONS' -"- J P >TEIST hOSTBNBNTE PIANOS, Paris, 1878. The Highest award — The Cross of the Legion of Honor; The Gold Medal (1' A cademie Nationaje) } ' And also'the Silver Medal] J; Hfl have been accoided to JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS, 18, Wigmore-street, London, W. For the superiority of 1 heir Pianos exhibited at the - v Paris International Exhibition of 1878. " There is but one class of Gold. Medals for the Exhibition, and the * Decoration of the Cross of the Legion of Honor ''' : : ! :'- Constitutes a Superior Recompense." — Extract from the Special Report signed by M. A. Fetis, the Official Beporter of the Musical Juries. The value of this aAvard is still further enhanced by the fact that the Decoration was . Conferreel on _o other British Pianoforte Manufacturer. JOHN BRINSMEAD : AND '" SONS* *'* Patbnt Sostenentb Pianos. The principal of the previous Honors gained by the Bbinsmebd Pianos are :— The Diploma of Honor and Gold Medal, South Africa, 1877. ■ > The Granel Medal of Honor and Diploma of Merit, Philadelphia, 1876. Tho Diploma of Honor, Paris 1874, and the Honorary Membership of the National Academy of France. -- . .- .■ : - . ; . • - The Gold Medal', Paris, 1868. (^\ M'; '-/\ The Diploma of Extraordinary Merit, " * " Netherlands International Exhibition, 1869. The Medal of Honor, Paris, 1867. The Prize Medal, London, 1862, &c. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' Sostenentb Pianos, With the Perfect Check, Repeater Action, Patented 1862, 1863, •' 1871,. ,1875,; . an d\ \ §r . 1879, throughout Europe and America. JOA. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONb' Patent Sostenbktb Pianos. " Paris,- Nov. 4,' 18787 -; 's " I have attentively oxamuied the beautifuL- *' 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' AA'hich gradations^' ; of sound can be. produced, from the* sof test 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, anßAvering to every requirement of the pianist." Ch. Guonod, , „, s . JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS'' " Patent Sostenentb Pianos. "Paris, Bth Sept., 1878. " We, the undersigned, certified' tliat,- after/'iy having seen and most conscientiously ex- ,_J amined the English Pianos at the Universal Exhibition of 1878, find that the palm belongs to the Grand Pianos of the, house 0f .! .. ' Brinsmead." • -.:--;.-.---: •■-■' -:-j Nicholas Rubinstein, ■'*'-'- ANTOINB'DB Kontski, Court Pianist to the Emperor of Germany, & Chevalier of several Orders, r ,>,- JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS'' Patent Sostenentb Pianos. " The highest praise is certainly due to Messrs' John Brinsmeael and Son's -for 1^ the >; complete success which has crowned efforts to proeluce, on the most simple principles, a perf ectly even, smooth, and sensitive repetition touch. The . purity of .the^.. tone and the excellent mechanism 01. the; f Pianos exhibited by them in the Paris 'Ex- " hibition called forth warm eulogies from all competent critics." John Stainbe, M.A., Mus.' Dec.- -; 1•• £ Member of the International Jury .of ; thov t Paris Exhibition, 1878. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS* Patent Sostenentb -Pianos. 7 1/ | ;.]?' " I have pleasure in expressing my opinion^ 'f. that the Paris Exhibition Model Grand Pinafortes of Messrs John Brinsmead and Sons are unsurpaCffid. The tone is deliciously sweet, sustains .\ and extraordinarily^ ..:-. poAverf ul ; the touch responels to the faintest and to the most trying strains on it, and the Avorkmanship is simply perfect." 1 . W. KUHH.- p ... OHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' ' Patent Sostbnente Pianos. " I feel great pleasure in healing testimony to the excellence of the Pianofortes made by- - Messrs John Brinsmead and Sons. Their ''■$ tone is rich, powerful, and equal, their check ' repeater action most ingenious, successful, and valuable. Edavabd J. Hopkins, . ■ f Organist and Director of the Choir, ! ' : Tomple Church, London. JOHN BRINSMEAD . AND SONS' Patent Sostenentb Pianos. ' -:. | y^llustrated London News. '*- " The French papers have been unanimous in their expressions of admiration of these splendid instruments. The grands especially,. , } . have enchanted tho Parisian professors' and j; amateurs of music by their noble sonorous- ' noss, their enormous power, snd tho sympathetically voice -like quality of tone. The touch, also, is beautifully light, elastic, , and certain, so that many pianists of oveiy nation^ from the Abbe Liszt downwards, who have tried these instruments, have highly complimented the enterprising mamifacturers on their success." ' * : : % S JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SON'S Patent Sostbnbnte Pianos. Echo. . ... . # " The nearest approach to perfection r \ritK..|winch Aye aro acquainted. ' ; ' ; •"- JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' Patent Sostbnente Pianos. .-. „ ... Daily Chronicle. '' ( ">\ "In tone the instrument is exceedingly" ' rich and SAveet, anel in touch the very perfectionof lightness. Messrs Brinsmead may certainly be congratulated upon , their : success." " :* JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' J Patbnt Sostenentb Pianob. Morning Advertiser. J '■' : -" "• "The Legion of Honor. — In additien to ■■'■'• the other . distinctions awarded to Messrs John Brinsmead & Sons at the Paris Exhibition of 1878,. the founder of , the fiMH-^---has been created Chevalier of the Legion" of v Honor." JOHN RRINSMEAD AND, . SONS Patent Sobtbnbntb Pi-ifosi - !i - / ;? | Daily News. ■ •' ' • •* ■ " A new 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' inj 3 genious mechanical novelties 5 the most important being tho addition of a third pedal, by means of Avhich the sound of any note, or notes may be almost indefinitely prolonged at_, the Avill of the player. Thus, bass notes may;/, be sustained after being struck by the left hand, which may ; then be taken away, and, Avith the right hand, may execute the most brilliant staccato passages, thus giving almost' ;'- " the effect of four hands. The patent " check-.!... repeater action," a speciality of Messrs Brinsmeael, enables the performer to command Avith ease the most rapid reiteration of the same note ; the facility of the key movement H in general being such that glissando passagecan 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 sounding board, another improvement being the system o? bridging, by which the vibrations are increased and rendered sympathetic. The Pinaforte is capable of all degrees of delicacy and power, its massive structure rendering it less 4 liable to get out of tune than usual j and the instrument is altogether calculated ifcfi' extend the reputation of its makers. '*' -l. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' Pianos. May be obtained .of all the principal Music Sellers. Prices from 33 Guineas to 500 Guineas. 18, WIGMORE-STttEET, LONDON, W. AND THE "BRINSMEAD WOR__S," -ON-ROAD,, BNTISH TOWN, N.W.^l