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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5791, 21 October 1879, Page 4

Business Notices PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OP IS7S. THE HIGHEST AWARD. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ PATENT SOSTKNKNTE PIANOS. Paris, 1878. THE HIGHEST AWARD— The Cress of the Legion of Honor ; the Gold Modal (rAe.vlemiu Rationale! ; and also the Silver Medal ;—have been accorded to JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS, No, IS, WluMOr.E-STF.EET, LONDON, W,, Por the sunerioritv of their Pianos exhibited ' at the PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION of IS7S. “ There is but one class of Gold Medals for the Exhibition, and the decoration of the CROSS OF THE LEGION OF HONOR constitutes a superior recompense.’’—(Extract from a Special Report signed by M. A. Fetis, the Official Reporter of the Musical Juries.) The value of this award is still further enhanced by the fact that the decoration was conferred on NO OTHER British Pianoforte Manufacturer. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ PATENT SOSTENENTK PIANOS. The principal of the previous Honors gained by the Brinsmeaii Pianos are—■ The DIPLOMA of HONOR and GOLD MEDAL, South Africa, 1577. The GRAND MEDAL of HONOR and DIPLOMA of MERIT, Philadelphia, 1876. The DIPLOMA of HONOR, Paris, 1574, and the HONORARY MEMBERSHIP of the NATIONAL ACADEMY of FRANCE. The GOLD MEDAL, Paris, 1860. The DIPLOMA of EXTRAORDINARY MERIT, Netherlands International Exhibition, 18(19. The MEDAL of HONOR, Paris, 1867. The PRIZE MEDaL, Loudon, 1562.&C. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS, With the Perfect Check Repeater Action. Patented ISG2, IS6S, IS7I, 1875, and 1879, throughout Europe and America. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS. “Paris, Nor. I, 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 bo produced, from the softest to the most powerful tones. These excellent piauos 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.” Ch. Gounod. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS. “Paris, the Bth Sept., 1878. “ We the undersigned certify that, after having seen and most conscientiously examined the English Pianos at the Universal Exhibition of 1878, find that the Ealm belongs to the Grand Pianos he ouse of Brinsmead. Nicholas Rubinstein Antoine de Kontskl Court Pianist to the Emperor of Germany, and Chevalier of several Orders. JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS. “ The highest praise is certainly due to Messrs. John Briuemead and Sons for the complete success which has crowned their efforts to produce, on the most simple principles, a perfectly even, smooth, and sensitive repetition touch. The purity of the tone and the excellent mechanism of the Pianos exhibited by them in the Paris Exhibition called forth warm eulogies from all competent critics.” John Staineb, M.A., Mus. Doc., Member of the International Jury of the Paris Exhibition, 1878. , OHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS, “ I have pleasure in expressing my opinion that the Paris Exhibition Model Grand Pianofortes of Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons are unsurpassed. The tone is deliciously sweet, sustained, and extraordinarily powerful; the touch responds to the faintest and to the most trying strains on it, and the workmanship is simply perfect. “W. Kuice.’’ JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS. “ I feel great pleasure in bearing testimony to the excellence of the Pianofortes made by Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sous. Their tone is rich, powerful, and equal, and their check repeater action most ingenious, successful, and valuable. “ Edward J. Hopkins, “ Organist and Director of the Choir, “Temple Church, London.” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS. Illustrated London News. “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 voioe-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.” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS. Morning Advertiser. “ The Legion of Honour.—ln addition to the other distinctions awarded to Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons at the Paris Exhibition of 1878, the founder of the firm has been created Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS. Daily Chronicle, “In tone the instrument is exceedingly rich and sweet, and in touch the very perfection of lightness. Messrs. Brinsmead may certainly be congratulated upon their success." JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS. Daily News. “ A new pianoforte, recently manufactured by Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons, claims notice, not only on account of its beauty and richness of tone, but specially for some ingenious mechanical novelties ; the most important being the addition of a third pedal, by means of which the sound of any note or notes may be almost indefinitely prolonged at the will of the player. Thus, bass notes may be sustained after being struck by the left hand, which may then be taken away, and, with the right hand, may execute the most brilliant staccato passages, thus giving almost the effect of four hands The patent ‘ check-repeater action,’ a speciality of Messrs. Brinsmead, enables the performer to command with ease the most rapid reiteration of the same note ; the facility of the key movement in general being such that glissando passages can be executed with such perfect ease as to render them practicable with the lightest touch. The volume of tone is intensified by a peculiar construction of the sounding board, another improvement being the system of bridging, by which the vibrations are increased and rendered sympathetic. The Pianoforte is capable of all degrees of delicacy and power, its massive structure rendering it less liable to get out of tune than usual ; and the instrument is altogether calculated to extend the reputation of its makers,” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS’ PATENT SOSTENENTE PIANOS. Echo. “ The nearest approach to perfection with which we are acquainted.” JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' PIANOS May be obtained of all the principal Musicsellers. Price, i: UJ Guineas to 500 Guineas, IS, WIGMORE-STREET, LONDON, W., AtS'D THE “ BRINSMEAD WORKS,” GRAFTON-ROAD, KENTISH TOWN, N.W,