• Pianofortes. John! brinsmead and sons GOLD MEDAL PIANOFORTES : - : .. : ■ Were awarded Tho GOLD MEDAL and the SILVER MEDAL, Paris, ■The'GOLD SIEpiL and DIPLOMA of HONOUB, ;- SOOTK.AHBK3A, 1577. The GRAND-'MEDaL of HONOUR and DIPLOMA, ol t MERIT , , Philadelphia, IS7O. "Tho QRAND DIPLOMA, of HONOUR, Pane, 1874. The GOLD MED iL, Paris, 1809. •■■■■ - ■■--•■■ The DIPLOJIA of EXTRAORDINARY MERIT, Netherlands International Exhibition, 1869. The MEDAL of HONOUR, Paris, 1867. The PRIZE MEDAL, London, 1862, &c. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS - PERFECT CHECK REPEATER ACTION . PIANOS, Patented ISG2,ISGS, 1871,1575, and 1870 in GREAT BRITAIN, AUSTRIA, PRUSSIA, ITALY, BELGIUM, and FRANCE, AMERICA. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With tho Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. CH. GOUNOD. " Paris, Nov. 1,1878. ",Ihave attentively examined the beautiful phnos ef Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons that are exhibited at the Paris International Exhibition of IS7S. I consider them to be excepvional in the ease with which gradations of sound can bo produced, fiom the softest to the most powerful tones. These excellent p:anus 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 AND SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With f.e Patent Perfect Check Eepeater Action. NICHOLAS RUBENSTEIN (Director of the Imperial Conserratorie of Mu ie, Moscow). ANTOINE DE KONTBKI (Court Piauist to the Emperor of Germany). D. MAGNUS. "Wβ, the undersigned, certify that, after having seen aud most conscientiously examined the English Pianos at the Universal Exhibition of 1878, find that the palm belongs to the Grand Pianos of the House of Brinsmead. " Done in Parts the Bth Sept., 1878." JOHN , BRINSMEAD AND SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. W. KUHE. " Brighton. " T have pleasu e in expressing my opinion that the Parin Exhibition Model Grand Pianofortes mads by Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons are unsurpassed. The tone is deliciously sw. et, sustained, r.nd extrao.dinarily powerful; the touch responds to the faintest and to the most trjin™ strains on it, and the workmanship is simply perfect." JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Eepeater Action. EDWARD J. HOPKINS (Organist and Director of the Choir, Temple Church London). "J feel great pleasure in bearing testimony to the excellence o: tne Pianofortes mode by Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons. Their tone is rich, powerful, and equal, and their Check Repeater Action most ingenious, successful, and valuable " JOHN BRINSMEAD AJSD SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS. SIR JULIUS BESEDICT. "I have examined Mcs3rs. Brinsmead and Sons' New Check Action, as applied to their Pianos, and consider it a most ingenious and valuaTilo invention, which cinnot. fail to meet with euecess." JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS. With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. On the Three Years' Systsm. TOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS. SYDNEY SMITH. 11 1 havo much pleasure in testifying to the great excellence of Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons' Pianofortes. Their 'Perfect Check Repeater ' produces a touch that is absolute _per:ection, and which i 3 unsurpa-.sed by any other maker, native or foreign." JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With th 3 Paten: Perfect Check Repeiter Action. XOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS. .. Gloie. "Beautifully light and elastic touch, and an instant repetition." JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' NEW CONCERT GRAND PIANOS^._ . With the Patent Perfect Che.k Repeater Action. Graphic. "This splendid Instrument has the unusual compass of 7i octaves, and has a greatly-increased leugih and weight of string Ijstweo j the bridges, while the Sostinent sounding board is so constructed as to respond to the vibration of .the strings with extreme readiness." JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' NEW CONCERT GRAND PIANO, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action, May be had at moderate charges. Observer. " The improvements include a third pedal, which produces the' sound of any chord or note struck by the performer, and a ■ Check Repeater Action,' which secures the most complete facility of repetition," JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' NEW CONCERT GRAND PIANO, With the Patent Check Eepeater Action, May be hired for three years, after which they become the property of the hirer without further payment. Morning Advertiser. "The tone is remarkably full and even, of exquisite purity, aud capable of the nicest gradation in the hands of a competent player." JOHN BRINSMEAD AND. SONS' NEW CONCERT GRAND PIANO, With the Patent Check Repeater Action, ; May be obtained at the principal musi: warehouses throujhont the kingdom. Echo. " The nearest approach to perfection with which we are acquainted." ; JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' SHORT IRON GRAND MAIfOS, ■With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. lUutirated London News. [ " The' Brinsmead' works can supply 3000 Pianos annually. The French papers have been unanimous in their expressions of admiration of these splendid instruments. The grands especially hare enchanted the Parisian professors and amateurs of masic by their nohle sonorousness, their enormous power, and the sympathetically voice-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 hare highly complimented the enterprising manufacturers on their success." JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, ' With tho Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. TOHN BEINSMEAD AND SONS. Horning Post. " A metal 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." JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' GOLD*MEDAL PIANOS. With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action, • On tho Three Yeats' System. TOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS Standard: " Receive the greatest approbation everywhere of musicians and manufacturers." JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS. Daily Nticl. "The now pianoforte claims notice, not only on account of its beauty and richness of tone, but specially for seme ingenious mechanical novelties." JOHN BRINSMI3AD AND SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANO 3, With tuo Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. On the Three Yean , System. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' PIANOFORTES, Guaranteed for five years. Illustrated Price Lists and Descriptions, with Opinions o! tho London Press and Musical Profession, forwarded post free upon application, ni ILBERT BAUER'S PRIZE MEDALS UT DRAWING-ROOM ORGANS, from »ight nineas to 300 guineas. On the Three Years' System. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, sale or hire, on the he Three Years' System. KTO. 18, WIGMORE-STREET, LON[3i DON, W. • k/TANXIPAOTOET, THE BKINSMEAD XL WORKS, GBACTONROiPi H."r7.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5496, 28 June 1879, Page 2
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