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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 303, 23 December 1871, Page 4

p OLDEN y ADDER SERIES Xla . JLJ COMPRISING k^ Nettie's Mission The Three Little Spades Ellen Montgomery's Bookshelf Queechy The Old Helmefc Daisy in the Field Daisy What She Could, and Opportunities Stepping Heavenward "POETICAL TTTORKS— Byron, Longfellow, Milton, Wordsworth, Cowper, James Montgomery, Moore, Kirke White, Herbert. A NCIENT /CLASSICS English: Readers. MUSICAL AND MECHANICAL. IMTK. ALFRED AAKET, TEACHER OF THE ORGAN, PIANOFORTE, HARMONIUM, CORNET, AND SINGING. Late Pianist to her Grace the Duchess ot Inverness, and Pebformer at the Soirees given by the Marchioness of Londoltderrt, and the most distinguished of the Nobility and Gentry of England. CONDUCTOR AND COMPOSER to a Band of forty,.<t s alented Instrumentalists in Melbotkne for,i»<Thirty Concerts ; also Leader of a Brass Band of ten performers for several years in the satne colony. Formerly ORGANIST at St. Mark's Church, Collingwood, Melbourne. j> MUSIC COMPOSED & ARRANGED for all Orchestra^ I|rSttamentß, fromJßettno Primo, to Gjtffse «*€!aiss^. Corrected for Jne Pju&ss^^'*'^ The use of iw EXPRESSION STOP taught in One Lesson, thfiHSlechanism of this and the Percussion^Aciion being illustrated by a dissectedHßannonium of ten stops. TUNING. Pianofortes, Organs, and Harmoniums Tuned, not by tbe old Stanhope method, but on the of Equal Temperament (as adopted by Erard, Broadwood, and Collakd), the intervals being divided according to the number ox vibrations, as indicated by the Sirene, and the apparatus of M. Savart. " .^ —^ MECHANIC AXy^^\ Mr. Oaket, Inventor. of, antf'Perfc/mer on, the " Orchestbina," begs >to state/ that, in London, he underwent a tkdrough training with his father (wno held one ot the highfest positions at Messrs. Collakd and CollardJs) in the art of covering hammers, making the small work, and finishing and regulating Pianofortes. In the course of a long practice in Tunipg, &c, he has studied all the makers' various mechanisms, )here being upwards of thirty different actions. In order to effect repairs on/ the most reasonable terms, Mr. Oaket, has e/ected a Workshop, and purchased all tl;e most recent inventions in Tools, including a Lathe, Drilling, Boring, and Morticing Machines. Heiian, therefore, confidently say that he not*r possesses by far the largest set of Musical Tobls, and Pianofortemaking Machinery in K0 Zealand. In addition, he has in stock varieties of Felt for hammer covering (this he caii effect at English prices); Leathers and Cloths for Actions, Dampers, Hoppers, Levers, and various parts of Pianoforte mechanismj/Smith's Patent Piano Wire; Harmonium^Rteeds ; and all the requisites for tbe repairs of Organs, Harmoniums, Concertinas, Flutinas, Organ Accordions; also for Eucerpeons, and every kind ot self-acting instrument. Mr. Oakby respectfully invites inspection of his Workshop at any timo, feeling confident that he can render a good old Pianoforte almost equal to new, and effect Repairs, &c, cheaper, and infinitely better, than any peripatetic Tuner. 3LFKED~~O AKEY. Bbidgk-stbeet, four dofere from M'Gbb's Hotel* 1619