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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5714, 23 July 1879, Page 3

Business Notices JOHN BRINS MB AD AND SONS’ gold medal pianofortes Were awarded The GOLD MEDAL and the SILVER MEDAL, Paris, 1878. The GOLD MEDAL and DIPLOMA of HONOR, South Africa, 1877. The GRAND MEDAL of HONOR and DIPLOMA of MERIT, Philadelphia, 1876. The GRAND DIPLOMA of HONOR, Paris, 1874. The GOLD MEDAL, Paris, 1869. The DIPLOMA of EXTRAORDINARY MERIT, Netherlands International Exhibition, 1869. The MEDAL of HONOR, Paris, 1867. The PRIZE MEDAL, London, 1862, &c. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ PERFEOT CHECK REPEATER ACTION PIANOS, Patented 1862, 1868, 1871, 1875, and 1879, in GREAT BRITAIN, AUSTRIA, PRUSSIA, ITALY, BELGIUM, FRANCE, And AMERICA. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. OH. GOUNOD. “Paris, Nov. 4, 1878. “ I have attentively examined the beautiful pianos of Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons that are exhibited at the Paris International Exhibition of 1878. I consider them to be exceptional in the ease with which gradations of sound can be produced, from the softest to the most powerful tones. These excellent pianos merit the approbation of all artists, as the tone is full as well as sustained, and the touch is of perfect evenness throughout its entire range, answering to every requirement of the pianist.” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. NICHOLAS RUBENSTEIN (Director of the Imperial Conservatoire of Music, Moscow). ANTOINE DE KONTSKI (Court Pianist to the Emperor of Germany). D. MANGUS. “ We the undersigned certify that, after having seen and most conscientiously examined the English Pianos at the Universal Exhibition of 1878, find that the palm belongs to the Grand Pianos of the house of Brinsmead. “ Done in Paris the Bth Sept., 1878.’’ JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS. SIR JULIUS BENEDICT. “I have examined Messrs. Brinsmead and Sons’ New Check Action, as applied to their Pianos, and co sider it a most ingenious and valuable invention, which cannot fail to meet wi h success.” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. On the Three Years System. OHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS. SYDNEY SMITH. “ I have much pleasure in testifying to the great excellence of Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons’ Pianofortes. Their ‘ Perfect Check Repeater’ produces a touch that is absolute perfection, and which is unsurpassed by any other maker, native or foreign.” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. OHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS. Qldbe. “ Beautifully light and elastic touch, and an instant repetition.” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ NEW CONCERT GRAND PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. Graphic. “ This splendid Instrument has the unusual compass of 7\ octaves, and has a ’ greatly-increased length and weight of string between the bridges, while the Sostinent sounding board is also constructed as to respond to the vibration of the strings with extreme readiness.” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ NEW CONCERT GRAND PIANO, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. May be had at moderate charges. Ohservtr. “The improvements include a third pedal, which prolongs the sound of any chord or note struck by the performer, and a ‘ Check Repeater Action,’ which secures the most complete facility of repetition.” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ NEW CONCERT GRAND PIANO, With the Patent Check Repeater Action. May be hired for three years, after which they become the property of the hirer without further payment. Morning Advff'tiser. “ The tone is remarkably full and even, of exquisite purity, and capable of the nicest gradation in the hands of a competent player.”

JOHN BKINSMEAD AND SONS’ SHOUT IKON GRAND PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. Illustrated London News. “The Brinamead Works can supply 3000 Pianos annually. The French papers have been unanimous in their expressions of admiration of these splendid instruments. • The grands especially have enchanted the Parisian professors and amateurs of music by their noble sonorousness, their enormous power, and the sympathetically voice-like quality of tone. The touch also is beautifully light, elastic, and certain, so that many pianists, of every nation, from the Abbd Liszt downwards, who have tried these instruments, have highly complimented the enterprising manufacturers on their success.” OHN BKINSMEAD AND SONS’ GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent PerfeetJGheck Repeater Action. JOHN BKINSMEAD AND SONS. Morning Post. “ A metal bridge of a peculiar form is used to produce the treble, and a much finer tone is produced than if a wooden bridge were used.” JOHN BKINSMEAD AND SONS’ GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. On the Three Years’ System. OHN BKINSMEAD AND SONS. Standard. “Receive thegreatestapprobation everywhere of musicians and manufacturers.” OHN BKINSMEAD AND SONS’ GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, Daily News. “ The new pianoforte claims notice, not only on account of its beauty and richness of tone, but specially for some ingenious mechanical novelties.” OHN BKINSMEAD AND SONS’ GOLD MED ALgPI AN OS, With the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. On the Three Years' System. JOHN BKINSMEAD AND SONS' PIANOFORTES, guaranteed for five years. Illustrated Price Lists and Descriptions, with opinions of the London Press and Musical Profession, forwarded post free on application. ILBERT BALTER’S PRIZE MEDAL DRAWING-ROOM ORGANS, from eight guineas to 300 guineas. On the Three Years’ System. NO. 18, WIGMO RE-STREET, LONDON W. Manufactory, the brinsmead works, GEAFTON-EOAD, N.W.