THE NEW MUSIC WAREHOUSE AND ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4931, 11 January 1877, Page 7

THE NEW MUSIC WAREHOUSE AND ACADEMY OF MUSIC.

As . a welcome addition to the many improvements now going forward in Welling-’ ton, this institution deserve some notice-at our hands. The premises, which consist of; two storeys, occupy a frontage on Lambt-m-quay, nearly opposite ■ the Government Buddings, of 30ft. by a depth of 60ft, ‘ and have been specially built for thqir present use byjMessrs. Davis and- Hopwood from a.design and under the superintendence of Mr. Turnbull, architect, and ? in the-hands of those gentlemen have been erected promptly within the contract time, The ground-flobr is occupied aa a saleroom, and this wo found very handsomely fitted and stocked with a very large number of pianos:and harmoniums by-the best English, French, ;and German makers, from : the more pretentious grand and larger reed instruments down to those designed for small country churches and school and cottage use. Porainent amongst these we noticed ins’ruments by Broadwood, Brinsmead, Kirkman, Challen, arid Hodson, Aucher. Freres, Bord, Lipp, and others. • The fittings were well supplied with an extensive -assortment-of the smaller instruments, and book .‘and sheet music, which will he replenished by every mail. Large as the present stock appears to be, we : leaxn that Mr. Bonningtori being a direot-timporter from the English and foreign markets, large- orders are now in course of transit, and will be here in a few weeks. Upon arrival of these, ,we are assured the stock will be the largest and most varied in this colony, A separate side entrance from Lambtonqu'ay leads to the second storey, which, consists of a large hall the full size of the ground floor (30ft. x 60ft.). This is well ventilated, and lit by two sunlights, and will be let by the hour (during the day) to teachers of .music, as a central instruction-room for pupils. At night it will be available - for rehearsals for concerts, &c. It will, we learn, be comfortably seated with chairs to render it convenient for the latter purpose ; and‘whan this is done, we have no doubt it will be in demand accordingly. . It has been a general and long, standing complaint that the requirements of the musical public in this city have never yet been fully met, and we trust that Mr. Bqnnington’a enterprise will he as amply rewarded as it undoubtedly deserves. Wellington has . also secured in Mr. Bennington one of. the best violinists in the colony, and ho will be a wel-

come addition to our instrumentalists. Mr. Caddy, too, is a musician of no mean order, his forte being the clarionette, which he plays in a masterly style. While in Christchurch Mr. Caddy made a name for himself as an obligato player, and on several occasions received high compliments from the musical critics in the local papers.