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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5747, 30 August 1879, Page 3

Messrs, John Brinsmead and Sons will exhibit at the forthcoming Exhibition in Sydney a walnut short iron grand piano, a grand oblique in walnut case, and an upright iron grand, also in walnut case. The upright iron grand construction consists (says the Australian and New Zealand Gazette) of a metal plate of sufficient strength to resist greatly increased tension. This has enabled Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons to introduce iu their upright pianos the full length of the tenor and treble strings, which is used in the most costly grands. The perfect check repeater action is an improvement on the Briusmead patent, dated March 6, IS6B. The touch is beautifully light, and responds immediately to the slightest touch of the fingers, producing the exact shade of tone required by the performer, from the faintest pianissimo to the most powerful fortissimo. The check on the hammer is quick and certain,and therepetition of any note can be executed with great rapidity, even when the key is held down to within l-16th of an inch of its utmost limit. . The Tone Adjuster. —By means of springs the sounding board is attached to the bracings, and its strength and elasticity are thus increased by means of screws ; the tone of the instrument can be regulated through the increase or diminution of the pressure of the springs on the sounding board. The Tone-sustaining Pedal.—The object of this pedal is to prolong the sound of any one note or chord, without the discordant admixture of other sustained notes after a chord or note has been struck in the treble or bass; the third pedal when pressed down causes the mechanism to hold the dampers in such a manner as to allow of the continued vibration of the strings ; the hands are then entirely unembarrassed, and are available for use on other parts of the keyboard, without danger of producing discordant effects. The tones can at once be repeated or silenced at the will of the performer. In pianos constructed on the old system it was necessary to raise the whole of the dampers by means of the pedal when sustained tones were required after the fingers had been raised from the key-board. This produced so much confusion of sound that the harmony was materially affected thereby. These disadvantages are obviated by the tone-sustaining pedal, which holds the dampers away from the strings, and thus isolates them from the other dampers. The pianist can also use the other pedals, and continue playing with both hands free. Anyone who understands the piano will readily perceive the advantages of this system, and any pianist will be able to produce beautiful effects with it in classical or modern music with a little practice. The soatenente sounding-board, which augments the volume, richness, and sustaining power of tone. This is attained by increasing the thickness of tha sounding-board in the middle and making it thin towards the edges. The sounding-board is attached to the rim of resonant wood in such a manner as to impart great elasticity to it. The faintest vibrations of the strings are thus greatly prolonged, whilst the powerful tones are much augmented, Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons received the highest award at the Paris Exhibition of 1878, the Cross of the Legion of Honor ; The Gold Medal (I*Academic Nationale) ; and also the Silver Medal, these honors being conferred on no other British pianoforte manufacturer. Valuable Discovery for the Hair. — If your hair is turning grey or white, or falling off, use “The Mexican Hair Renewer, for it will positively restore in every case Grey or White hair to its original color, without leaving the disagreeable smell of most “ Restorers." It malces the hair charmingly beautiful as well as promoting the growth of the hair on bald spots, where the glands are not decayed. Ask your Chemist for “The Mexican Hair Renewer," prepared by Henry C. Gallup, 493 Oxford-street, London, and sold by Chemists and Perfumers everywhere at Sa 6d per Bottle.—rAovr. Advice to Mothers I — Are you broken in your rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth? Go at once to a chemist and got a bottle of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup. It will relievo the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harm • less and pleasant to taste, it produces natural, quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes “as bright as a button." It soothes the child, it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is sold by medicine dealers everywhere at Is. per bottle. Manufactured at 493 Oxford street. London.— Advt.

Tenders O BUILDERS. TENDERS will be received until Noon of TUESDAY, 9 th SEPTEMBER, for the Erection of a residence at Dower Hutt near Dr. Wilford’s. Plans and specifications to be seen at my office. Wm. c. chatfiedd, Architect. August 27, 1879. O BUILDER si TENDERS will be received up to noon of MONDAY, Sth SEPTEMBER, at my office, where plans and specifications may be seen, for the erection of a two-storey Brick Building in Cuba-street, for Mr. James Brown. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. WM. O. CHATFIEDD, Architect. Lambton-quay, 23rd August, 1879. O CONTRACTORS, BUILDERS. AND MESSRS. BLIZZARD and WHISHAW ?re prepared to deliver Totara, Red and White Pine, Rata, &c. Tongued and Grooved, Rusticating, and other Planing to order. For particulars, apply OTHERS. BLIZZARD & WHISHAW, Ohariu ; Or, JAMES WALLACE, ' Lambton-quay.