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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 290, 8 December 1871, Page 4

/ MUSICAL AND MECHANIC AL. M E - A LFRED OAKEY'0 AKEY ' T E A C li K ll OF TKE ORGAN, PIANOFORTE, HARMONIUM, CORNET, AND SINGING. Late Pianist to her Grace the Duchess of Inverness, and Performer at the Soirees given by the Marchioness of Londonderry, and the" most distinguished of the Nobility and Gentry of En-land. CONDUCTOR AND COMPOSER' ro a Band of forty talented Instrumentalists in Melbourne for Thirty Concerts ; also Leader of a Brass Band of ten performers for several years*v ears* in the same colony. Formerly ORGANIST as St. Mark's Church, Collingwood, Melbourne. MUSIC COMPOSED & ARRANGED for aU Orchestral Instruments, from Vinlino Prbno, to '"Gro.se Caisse. CovrosmoNS Corrected for the Press. ' Theuseof tIijvAKPRESSION STOP taught, in One Lesson, /tb^Nlechanism of tiiis and the I Percussion jfytfai beinaollnstrat-d by a dissected Harmonium of tpd stops. $* T til 7 I N G . Pianofortes, yraiuis, and Harmoniums Tuned, not by the oitl/Stanhope method, but on tbe principle of '-"q«al Temperament (as adopttd by Erakd, Bro*t>wooi), and Collard), the intervals being /fivided according to tho number ot vibrations, as in'lioited by the b'irene, and the apparatus of SI Savart. M E C ft ASIC A L . Mr. Oakey, Inventor of, and Performer on, tbe " OncnEsi-nvA," begs to state that, in London, he underwent a thorough training with his father (who held one ot the highest .positions at Messf*f. Collard an o Co llard's) iri the art of coveringlliammers, making the knaU work, and--finishing! and resraiating Pianofortes. In the ' course o*a long practice in Tuning, &c. he has ! studied ail the makers' various mechanisms, :fhere btfing upwards of thirty aifferent actions, In order to effect repairs on the most reasonable terms, Mr. Oakey, has erected a Workshop, and purchased .'ill tbe most recent inventions in | Tools, including a Lathe, Drilling, Boring, and I Morticing Machines. lie can, therefore, confi- | dently say that lie now possesses by far the I largest set of Musical Tools, and Pianot'ortei making Machinery in New Zealand. In addition, ! he has in stock varieties of Felt for hamm r j covering (this he can effect at English prices); • Leathers and Cloths for Actions, Dampers, j Hoppers, Lever?, and various p«rts of Pianoforte j mechanism; Smith's Patent Piana Wire; Har- ! moninm Keeds ; and all the requisites for the repairs of Organs, Harmoniums, Concertinas, Fiutinas, Organ Accordions; also for Eucerpeons. and every kind ot self-acting instrument. ! Mr. Oakey respectfully invites inspection of his Workshop at any time, feeling confident that he can render a good old Pianoforte a' most equal ro new, and effect Repairs, &c, cheaper, and infinitely better, than any peripatetic Tuner. X ALFRED OAKEY. i Bridge-street, four doora from M'Gee's Hotel. ! 1819 | .

i | SCHOOL BOOKS ! ON SALE BY ; ~ r. jy^ * s ox ' Co!Ut-*r's History ot England, with sketch of Indian, aud Colonial Erapire. The Students Humo Little Arthur's English History Dr. Smith's Smaller History Morell's Grammar j Mary's Grammar (Mrs. Marcet) j Routledge's British Spelling Book Carpenter's Spelling | Mayor's Spelling I ~-*\ Barnard Smith's Arithmetic ' Colenso's Arithmetic | Phillips's School Atlas of Australia | „ Introductory Atias ! Collins Selected Atlas The College Atlas Step by Step Guy's Geography for Beginners j Anderson's Geography i Hughe's Class Book of Physical Geography Young Child's Atlas Copy Books, Exercise Bo oks foe, Act*. LIGHT FOUR-WHEELED WAGON BETWEEN NELSON AND MOTUEKA. HTTAYCOCK begs to inform the Pub- • O. lie that he has Commenced RUNNING a COMFORTABLE FOUR-WHEEL WAGON beween Nelson aud MOTUEKA and Intermediate Places. Leave Nelson for Motueka every Monday and Thursday Morning, at. 9 o'clock. Leave Nelson tor Richmond e*^ry Tuesday and Friday Afternoon, at 4.3 p. Leave Motueka for Nelson every Tuesday and Friday Morning, at 8 o'clock. Leave Richmond for Nelson every Monday and Thursday Morning, at 7 o'clock; and every Tuesday and Friday Afternoon 2 o'clock. The Conveyance will Start from the Coach and Horses in Nelson, and Humboldt's, at Motueka, where Parcels will be Received and Passengers Booked. As this is the only really comfortable Vehicle that has ever been placed on the Road, H. HAYCOCK hopes to reccivo the patronage oi ras-cngers. 22.