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Evening Star, Issue 3200, 23 May 1873, Page 3

AKVBEIfBHTS, Q. U E BN’S THHTRB. \ Lessees ... Messrs C. O’Brien, J. P. Hydes, and Co. Stage Manager ... Mr Chas, Bnrford. GREAT ESPECIAL NIGHT. TO-NIGHT (FRIDAY), MAY 23. COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT TO THE PROVINCIAL BRASS BAND. MISS CLARA STEPHENSON

Reigns as Ixion. Everybody ought to see Johnny Hydes as Minerva. NOTHING VENTURE-NOTHING WIN. Lady Tressilian - - Flora Anstead AMATEUR CONCERT.

Concluding with the Brightest Bright Bur* lesque that ever was Brighted, I X 1 0 N. Clara Stephenson • • • • Ixion Flora Anrtead • Juno The Triumphant Delineator - Johnny Hydes Loc'k out for MR FAIRCLOUGH.

MEETINGS. WELCOME TO THOS. H. BATES. ATE A MEETING in honor of the arrival of Mr Tbos. H. Bales, Evangelist, will be held in the Christian Meeting (’feat King street, on Tuesday, May 21 ih, 1873. Tea on the table at half*p»st 6 o’clock. Tickets, Is f*d each, may be ob» tained from Mr J. C. Kroon, confectioner* George street, and at the door.

PIANOFORTES. LJ. LUCAS (late Tuner for C. • Begg), Organ Builder and Pianoforte Maker, Cumberland street, Dunedin. Organa, Pianofortes, Harmoniums, and all Musical Instruments tuned, regulated, and repaired in town or country. Letters by poet promptly attended to. PIANOFORTES thorougly Tuned in town, 7s. 6<L Orders left at Mr Solomon’s Pianoforte Ware house, attended to forthwith. ONDON PIANOFORTE AND MUSIC I SALOON,

Princes street North. For Sale or Hire, the following Pianofoitei CONCERT GRAND, by Erard. DRAWING-ROOM GRAND, by J. Kirk* man. SEMT-GRAND, by Collard and Collard. UPRIGHT GRAND, by Collard and Collard. COTTAGE PIANOFORTES, By Collard, Bro&dwood, Erard, Kirk man, 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 f 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 Brinsmfead and Son—l 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 Pianofortes in the Colony, including Erard’a Patent Doable Check Action, Collard’s, Kirkman’s, and Broadwood’s; but the Greatest Noveli y of the Age is JOHN BRINSMEAD’S UPRIGHT IRON GRAND PIANOFORTES. John Brinsmead and Son’s Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action, Patent Arm Escapement 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, 1860 ; La Medaille d'hmneur , Paris, 1867; Gold Prize Medal, London, 1862 ; Silver Medal, Netherlands 1867 j 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 j the tench _ 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 plaintive melody is being performed. 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 recommendation is, the wonderful manner in which this action causes the instruments to keep in order and wear. All these facts aro confirmed by Messrs Benedict, Sydney Smith, and Brinley Richards. These 1 ian<£ fortes have created quite a sensation throng hj out England and A merica. The liquid quality of tone in the upper octaves, and the clearness and sonority of the lower, cannot be surpassed. They ako possess this great desideratum, distinct articulation in the most sapid execution. t Pianofortes taken in exchange, and the full value allowed. Pianofortes tuned, regulated, and -earo'ully packed for the country. New music of every description, and a splendid lot of Pianofortes just landed, ex latest arrivals, from London and Paris ; also Erard’s Patent Telescope Music Stools, in elegant designs; and hourly expected, a magnificent lot of the Queen’s Model Hanmojviums, 16 stops, in elegant Burr Walnut ; as we. 1 ! m every other mass of musical instrument,?. , „ _ „ _ Pianofortes for Hire. Au rafltfUfiieHte charged at the lowest possible prices. N.B.—Just unpacked, 6 large lot r Violins, Clarionettes, Piccolos, Banjos, and every description of fittings.

LEWIS SOLOMON, .Agent for Erard’s and Brinsmead’a Pianofortes. For Balls and Concerto A, BRINSMEAD’S IRON GRAND Can be hired. Ex Lutterworth--10 900 Pieces New Music, selected by HENRY RUSSELL, . Whiclte will bo sold at Greatly DUCED 1 rices.