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Evening Star, Issue 3198, 21 May 1873, Page 1

BUSINESS NOTICES. TO PARTIES FURNISHING.— Floor Cloths, 2ft. Sin. to 18ft. wide, faithfully seasoned and durable; Floor Cloths for Passages, for Lobbies, for Rooms, for Stairs, for Offices, for Ships’ Cabins; Cocoa Matting, from 2ft. Sin. to 6ft. wide; China Matting, 3ft to 6ffc. wide; Victoria Felt Carpets, Patent Felt Carpets, Felt Squares, Bordered Squares in a variety of sizes, Stair Baizes, Stair Damasks, Crumb Cloths ; China Matting, per yard. HERBERT, HAYNES, & CO. FIANOFOETES. L J. LUCAS (late Tnncr for C. • Begg), Organ Builder and Pianoforte Maker, Cumberland street, Dunedin. Organs, Pianofortes, Harmoniums, and all Musical Instruments tuned, regulated, and repaired in town or country. Letters by post promptly attended to. PIANOFORTES thorougly Tuned in town, 7s. 6d. Orders left at Mr - Solomon’s Pianoforte Ware* house, attended to forthwith. * London pianoforte and music SALOON, Princes street North. For Sale or Hire, the following Pianofortes CONCERT GRAND, by Erard. DRAWING-ROOM GRAND, by J. Kirkman. SEMI-GRAND, by CoUardand Collard. UPRIGHT GRAND, by Collard and Collard. COTTAGE PIANOFORTES, By Collard, Broadwood, Erard, Kirkman, Allison. Additional Shipments from the above eminent makers to arrive. Also, Pianettes and Harmoniums, by English and French Manufacturers. Pianofortes tuned, regulated, and repaired, CHARLES BEGG.

AN UNDENIABLE FACT! PIANOFORTES! PIANOFORTES I PIANOFORTES! Copy of letter from Alberto Zelman, Esq., Conductor and Pianist of Lyster and Cagh’s Royal Italian Opera Company “ Mr Lewis Solomon, George street. “Dear Sir, —Having been requested while at Christchurch to examine the two Pianos sent by you to the Exhibition —one by S. and P. Erard, and the other by John Brinsmead and Son —I have much pleasure in stating, after having thoroughly tested both, that I can with confidence state they are the best upright Pianos I have seen in the Colony, and must congratulate you on the intro* duction of so brilliant a class of instruments into New Zealand. “ I am. Dear Sir, “ Yours faithfully, “ Alberto Zelman.” LEWIS SOLOMON, Importer, has the largest and best selection of Piano* fortes in the Colony, including Erard’s Patent Double Check Action, Collard’s, Kirkman’s, and Broadwood’s; but the Greatest Novelty of the Age is JOHN BRINSMEAD’S UPRIGHT IRON GRAND PIANOFORTES. John Brinsmead and Son’s Patdnt Perfect Check Repeater Action, Patent Arm Escape* meat and Iron Tubular-supported Cottage Pianofortes. Patented, 1871, in England, France, Austria, Prussia, Belgium, Italy, America, and the Netherlands. Awarded the following Medals : —Gold Medal, Paris, 1870 ; Le deplome la mention extraordinaire, Amsterdam, 1869 ; La Medaille d'honneur, Paris, 1867; Gold Prize Medal, London, 1862 ; Silver Medal, Netherlands, 1867; and secured the highest class Medal at the late Great Exhibition, London. These Pianos have a world-wide reputation, the extraordinary power of the smallest instruments being equal to those cumbersome and coffin-like Grands ; the touch is of so sensitive a nature that perfection is almost realised; a repetition of the note can be obtained when the key is pressed down to one-eighth of an inch of its utmost limit, producing a purer, more sustained, and (owing to there being no tremulous recoil of the hammer) greater power and volume—in fact, of such a power as to sustain that which they happily call singing—whilst a fclaintive melody is being performed. r These Pianos possess, and are famous for the following essentials, viz. : Touch beautifully light and elastic, Repetition instantaneous. prevention of the hammer rebounding and striking the string a second time, and yet always ready to strike again I Metallic tubes put where most needed, rendering it impossible for the instrument to get out of order, the iron supports being compensating for extreme climates, and preventing at the same time so great an amount of tuning necessary to ordinary instruments. Tone most delightfully sweet and firm, brilliant and extremely powerful —the smallest Piano having the power of an ordinary Grand-and the greatest recoinmendatiou is, the wonderful manner m which this action causes the instruments to keep in order and wear. All these facts ore confirmed by Messrs Benedict, Sydney Smith, and Brinley Richards. These i ianofortes have created quite a sensation through out England and A merica. The liquid quality of tone in the upper octaves, and the clearness and sonority of the lower, cannot he surpassed. They alto possess this great desideratum, distinct articulation m the most

rapid execution. Pianofortes taken in exchange, and the full value allowed. Pianofortes tuned, regulated, and carefully packed for the country. New music of every description, and a splendid lot of Pianofortes just landed, ex latest arrivals, from London and Pans: also Erard’s Patent Telescope Music Stools, m elegant designs; and hourly expected, a magnificent lot of the Queens Model Harmoniums, 16 stops, in elegant Burr Walnut; as well as every other class of musical instruments. Pianofortes for Hire. All instruments charged at the lowest possible prices. NB Just unpacked, a large lot Violins, Clarionettes, Piccolos, Banjos, and every description of fittings. LEWIS SOLOMON, Agent for Erard’s and Brinsmead’s 6 Pianofortes. For Balls and Concerts A BRINSMEAD’S IRON GRAND Can be hired. Ex Lutterworth — 10 fiOO Pieces New Music, selected by ' HENRY RUSSELL. Which will be «cld at Greatly REDUCED Irises.