Business Notices JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ GOLD MEDAL PIANOFORTES Were awarded The GOLD -MEDAL and the SILVER MEDAL, Paris, 1875. The GOLD MEDAL and DIPLOMA of HONOR, South Africa, 1577. The GRAND MEDAL of HONOR and DIPLOMA of MERIT, Philadelphia, IS 76. The GRAND DIPLOMA of HONOR, Paris, 1574. The GOLD MEDAL, Paris, ISG9. The DIPLOMA of EXTRAORDINARY MERIT, Netherlands International Exhibition, 1569. The MEDAL of HONOR, Paris, 1807. The PRIZE MEDAL, London, 1562, &c. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ PERFECT CHECK REPEATER ACTION PIANOS, Patented ISO2, 1868, 1871, IS7A and 1870, in GREAT BRITAIN, AUSTRIA, PRUSSIA, ITALY, BELGIUM, FRANCE, And AMERICA. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repealer Action. CH. GOUNOD. ... “Paris, Nov. 4, 1878. “I have attentively examined the beautiful'pianos of Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons that are exhibited at the Paris International Exhibition of IS7S. I consider them to bo 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 ns sustained, and the touch is of perfect evenness throughout its entire range, answering to every requirement of the pianist.” OHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. NICHOLAS RUBENSTEIN (Director of the Imperial Conservatoire of Music, Moscow). ANTOINE DE KONTSKI (Court Pianist to the Emperor of Germany). D. M ANGUS. . “ We the undersigned certify that, after having seen and 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 Paris the’ Sth Sept., IS7B.’’ JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS. SIR JULIUS BENEDICT. “I have examined Messrs. Brinsmead and Sons 1, New Check Action, as applied to their Pianos, and consider it a most ingenious and valuable invention, which cannot fail to meet wi h success.” TT OHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ O>J GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. . On the Three Years System. TOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS, oj SYDNEY SMITH. ' “ I have 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 perfection, and which is unsurpassed by any other maker, native or foreign.” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS. Globe. “ Beautifully light and elastic touch, and an instant repetition.” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ , NEW CONCERT GRAND PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action..,, ’ Graphic. “ This splendid Instrument has the unusual compass of 7h octaves, and has a greatly-increased length and weight of string between the bridges, while the Sostinent sounding board is also constructed as to respond to the vibration of the strings with extreme readiness.” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ HE W CONCERT GRAND PIANO, With the Patent Perfect Cheek Repeater I . Action. May be had at moderate charges. Observer. “The improvements include a third pedal, which prolongs the sound of any chord or note struck by the performer, and a ‘Check Repeater,Action,’ which secures the most complete facility of repetition.” . ■ rOHN BRINSMEAD . AND SONS’ NEW CONCERT GRAND PIANO, With the Patent Check Repeater Action. May be . hired for three years, after which ey become the property of the hirer without rther payment.., ... Morning Advertiser. “ The tone is remarkably full and even, of exquisite purity, .and capable of the nicest gradation in the bands of a competent player.” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ SHORT IRON GRAND PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. 1 Illustrated 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 have enchanted the Parisian professors and amateurs of music by their noble sonorousness, their enormous power, and the ’sympathetically voice-like quality of tone. The touch also is beautifully light, elastic, and certain, go 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." JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. OHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS. Homing 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.” )HN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, . Ith the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. On the Three Years’ System. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS. • Standard. “Receive thegreatest approbation everywhere.of musioians,and,inanufacturers. BRINSMEAD. : AND SONS’ GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, Daily News. The new pianoforte claims notice, not on account of its beauty and richb£ tone, but specially, for some inous mechanical novelties.” (HN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, r it,h the Patent, Perfect Check Repeater 'Action.. . “ On ‘the Three Years’ System. )HN BRINSMEAD ’ AND. SONS; PIANOFORTES, guaranteed for five • : years. Illustrated Price Lists and Descriptions, with opinions of the London Press 'and Husxcal Profession,: forwarded post free on application. ELBERT BAUER’S PRIZE ’MEDAL DRAWING-ROOM ORGANS, from , guineas to 300 guineas. ■ . * v , On the Three. Years’ System. K O. 18, WIGMORE-STREET, LONDON W. : ¥:yranufactory, the brinsmead. IVI- ' WORKS,) - , , GRAFTON-ROAD, N.W.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5679, 12 June 1879, Page 3
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