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"PIANOFORTES. - J. BRINSMEAD having made important
improvements in the mechanism of Cabinet and Cottage Pianofortes, combining
elegance, durability, power, richness of tone, and pleasantness of touch,
adapted for the most rapid execution. J. B. begs an inspection, which will
prove that his Instruments stand unrivalled, and will be sold for less than
two thirds the price usually charged by Makers.
J. BRINSMEAD, Pianoforte Maker, 40, Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road,
London."
The Musical World, 1839, p. 412
"THE ONLY MEDAL AWABDED FOE IMPROVEMENTS IN
ACTION AND GENERAL — EXCELLENCE OF PIANOS. -
JOHN BRINSMEAD
Begs respectfully to call the attention of tho Nobility, Gentry, and Public
to his PIANOFORTES exhibited in the International Exhibition, Class 16; more
particularly to the perfect check repeating Grand and Upright Pianos, as
patented by him in February, 1862.
The characteristic of this action is its
very raid repeat, the chack acting with slightest movement of the key - an
advantage long desired, but until now unattained. The aqually balanced
arrangement of metal and wood in construction case expressly adapts them to
meet the requirements of extreme climates.
List of Prices
GRANDS
Rosewood Boudoir 7
octaves *A to A from 83 Gs.
Ditto Drawing-room, ditto* 110 Gs.
Concert ditto* 125 Gs.
OBLIQUES
Rosewood, Firt Model, 7
octaves A to A, from 55 Gs.
Ditto, Second Model, ditto*, 70 Gs.
In Walnut, 5 Guineas extra.
UPRIGHT PIANOS.
Rosewood Bichord
Piccolo 6 7/8 octaves, C to A, from 29 Gs.
Ditto Trichord Semi-Cottage, 7 octaves, A tot A, from 33 Gs.
Ditto ditto ditto* 39 Gs.
Ditto Cottage Cabinet, 7 octaves, A to A, from 40 Gs.
Ditto ditto ditto* 70 Gs.
Those markes with * finished with Patent Perfect Repeating Chack Action.
John Brinsmead, Pianoforte Maker, 15, Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.
STEAM-POWER FACTORY, 1, Chenies Street, Tottenham Court Road, London, W."
Cassell's Illustrated Exhibitor: Containing about
Three Hundred, 1862, p. 285
"The Grand Gold Medal awarded, Paris 1870.
The Silver Medal, Netherlands 1869.
Le Dipl6me de la Mention Extraordinaire, Amsterdam 1869.
La Médaille d'Honneur, Paris 1867.
The Prize Medal, London 1862.
JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS' FULL TRICHORD
UPRIGHT - GRAND PIANOFORTES,
WITH METAL FRAME. GRAND CONSTRUCTION. METAL BRIDGE AND BARS, SOSTINENTE
SOUNDING BOARD. NEW PICCOLO GRAND IMPROVEMENT AND PATENT PERFECT CHECK
REPEATER ACTION.
PATENTED IN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, PRUSSIA, AUSTRIA, ITALY, BELGIUM, AND
AMERICA. - 18, WIGMORE STREET, LONDON, W. - MANUFACTORIES : — 1, 2, 3,
& 4, CHENIES STREET; 3, HERTFORD PLACE; AND THE BRINSMEAD PIANOFORTE WORKS,
KENTISH TOWN. - GILBERT L. BATTER'S ENGLISH ORGANS, Price from 20 Guineas."
The Era Almanack 1874, p. 89
"JOHN
BRINSMEAD AND SONS'
GOLD MEDAL PIANOFORTE
WERE AWARDED
THE GRAND MEDAL OF HONOUR AND DIPLOMA OF MERIT, Philadelphia, 1876.
THE GOLD MEDAL, Paris, 1870.
THE HIGHEST AWARD, THE GRAND DIPLOMA OF HONOUR, Paris, 1874.
LA MEDAILLE D'HONNEUR, Paris, 1867.
THE PRIZE MEDAL, London, 1862.
LE DIPLOME DE LA MENTION EXTRAORDINAIRE, Netherlands International
Exhibition, 1869.
THE GOLD MEDAL OF HONOUR, South Africa, 1877, &c.
JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS
SHORT IRON GRAND PIANOS, with the Patent Perfect Check Repeater
Action. "A great boon to ordinary players, and invaluable to professional
pianists.” — Sun. SHORT IRON GRAND PIANOS, with the Patent Perfect Check
Repeater Action.
"Where all the pianos go to seems somewhat of a mystery, for a really good
instrument will last a lifetime; and yet every year thousands are made by
each of the great London manufa turers, while the numbers made by the 200 or
more smaller firms must represent an enormous number in the course of each
year. The improvements made in English pianos have caused this trade rapidly
to increase, until one pianoforte manufactory after another has been built
to supply the growing demand. One of the largest of these, lately erected by
Messrs. John Brinsmead and Son, of Wigmore-street, covers nearly an acre of
ground in the Grafton-road, Kentish-town, and is intended to accommodate 300
workmen. These works alone can supply 3,000 pianos annually, and there are
at least three manufactories in London capable of making an equal number." -
Illustrated London News.
GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, with the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. "A perfect
check, great power, and quick repetition.”—Times of India. "Produces a
better quality of tone, greater durability, perfect repetition, with a check
(never before attained), with the certainty of the instrument never
blocking." — Land and Water. JOHN
BRINSMEAD AND SONS
GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, with the Patent Perfect
Check Repeater Action. "The touch is very sure, light, and elastic." -
Musical Times.
"This invention is simplicity itself." - The Queen.
GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, with the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action
On the Three Years' System.
"Greater volume and richness of tone are produced with increased
durability." - Engineer.
JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS
"PATENT PERFECT CHECK REPEATER ACTION" PIANOFORTES
of every description, manufactured expressly for India and extreme climates.
JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS
GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, with the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action, may be
obtained of all the principal Music Sellers.
GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, from 33 to 330 Guineas.
Gilbert L. Bauers Prize Medal
Organ - Voiced English Harmoniums. On the Three Year's System.
JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS
Pianofortes, guaranteed for five
years.
Illustrated Price Lists and Descriptions, with Opinions of the London Press
and Musical Profession, forwarded Post-free upon application.
18, WIGMORE STREET, LONDON, W.
MANUFACTORY,
The "Brinsmead Works," Grafton Road, Kentish Town, N.W.
JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS'
GOLD MEDAL PIANOFORTE
WERE AWARDED
THE GRAND MEDAL OF HONOUR AND DIPLOMA OF MERIT, Philadelphia, 1876.
THE GOLD MEDAL, Faris, 1870.
THE HIGHEST AWARD, THE GRAND DIPLOMA OF HONOUR, Paris, 1874.
LA MEDAILLE D'HONNEUR, Paris, 1867.
THE PRIZE MEDAL, London, 1862.
LE DIPLOME DE LA MENTION EXTRAORDINAIRE, Netherlands International
Exhibition, 1869.
THE GOLD MEDAL OF HONOUR, South Africa, 1877, &c.
JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS'
PATENT PERFECT CHECK REPEATER ACTION PIANOS.
Patented 1862, 1868, 1871, and 1875, in
GREAT BRITAIN, PRUSSIA, FRANCE, AUSTRIA, ITALY, BELGIUM, and AMERICA.
GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, with the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action. "This most
ingenious and valuable invention cannot fail to meet with success.”—Sir
Julius Benedict.
JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS'
GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, with the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action.
On the Three Years' System.
"The touch is absolute perfection.” — Sydney Smith.
GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, with the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action.
On the Three Years' System.
“A very clever and useful invention, and likely to be extensively adopted."
- Brinley Richards.
JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS'
GOLD MEDAL PIANOS, with the Patent Perfect Check Repeater Action.
"The tone of the Grand now referred to possessed all the qualities that a
good piano ought to have, and in touch and action was perfect. The sweet and
silvery quality of the upper octaves was worthy of special admiration." -
The Era.
"Sir Julius Benedict played his well-known composition, 'Where the Bee
sucks,' on one of Messrs. John Brinsmead and Sons' grand pianos, with the
recently patented improvements, which enabled him to produce the sustained
tones with great variety of effect in the light and shade of tones,
especially so when extreme delicacy of touch is required." - Court Journal.
SHORT IRON GRAND PIANOS, six feet six inches in length, with the Patent
Perfect Check Repeater Action. Price Ninety to One Hundred Guineas.
"Admirable repetition, perfect sostenuto, and luscious tone of the
instrument fully justified the performer's choice." - Sunday Times.
"Magnificent, grand, the air telling out with almost vocal clearness and
sweetness to the belllike treble arpeggio accompaniment, which contrasted
excellently with the extraordinary power produced in the forte passages." —
Illustrated Sporting News.
"An immense improvement in arpeggios. The rapid passages in the upper
register, the beautiful flute-like tone, and quick and perfect repetition,
were very effective."-Figaro.
JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS'
SHORT IRON GRAND PIANOS, with the Patent Perfect Check Repeater
Action.
JOHN BRINSMEAD AND SONS'
PIANOFORTES, GUARANTEED FOR FIVE YEARS. Illustrated Price Lists and
Descriptions, with Opinions of the London Press and Musical Profession,
forwarded Post-free upon application.
18, WIGMORE STREET, LONDON, W. MANUFACTORY, "Brinsmead Works," Grafton Road,
Kentish Town, N.W.
"
The Era Almanac, 1877, p. 11-12
 Zanoni.
Rev. Ed, 1880, p. 5
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The
Dawn, a Church and home journal, 1884, p. 240
"ESTABLISHED
IN THE REIGN OF KING WILLIAM IV.
Knighthood of the Legion of
Honour, 1878. Knight Commander of Villa Vicoza, 1883.
Gold Medals at the principal International Exhibitions.
JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS'
PIANOFORTES
EMBODY THE PERFECTION TONE, TOUCH, AND DURABILITY.
THE DISTINGUISHING QUALITIES OF THESE PIANOS ARE :
1. Sympathetic Tone.
2. Flexibility and Lightness of Touch. 5. Durability.
3. Great Sustaining Power of Tone.
4. Solidity.
5. Durablility.
6. Facility and Permanency of Tuning.
1. - SYMPATHETIC TONE. -
A writer truly says :
"Words, may
appeal to the mind; melody may excite the imagination; but it is Tone which
reaches the heart." The tone of the Brinsmead Pianos is acknowledged by the
whole of the profession and amateurs to be perfect, powerful, and
sympathetic. Madame ADELINA PATTI writes: "I am charmed with the tone and
touch of the splendid pianoforte made for me by Messrs. John Brinsmead and
Sons."
2. - FLEXIBILITY AND LIGHTNESS OF TOUCH. The value of these cannot be
exaggerated. Dr. Lardner has proved that the performance of Thalberg's
fantasia on the prayer in "Mosè in Egitto" upon a piano of his day, with the
common English action, gives an amount of labour which, if applied to lift a
weight, would suffice to raise above eighty-four pounds a foot high.
In the Brinsmead Pianos the touch and facility of repetition are absolutely
perfect. Pianists are aware that rapid or modulating passages are impossible
with ordinary pianofortes. Here the softest touch is sufficient to secure a
reply, even when the key is held down to within one-eighth of its depth.
GOUNOD writes :
"These excellent
pianos merit the approbation of all artists. The tone is full as well as
sustained, and the touch of perfect evenness throughout."
3 - GREAT SUSTAINING POWER OF TONE. The extreme value of these combinations to
the vocalist, as well as to the pianist, is acknowledged by all the most
celebrated members of the profession, and by innumerable amateurs.
It is not only the singing quality which so effectually sustains the voice,
but the volume of tone. which is increased or diminished with the most
trifling effort of the accompanist; nor is the advantage less to the
pianist, who may emulate the full orchestra or venture on delicate
modulation or rapidity of repetition, without the fear of indistinctness or
loss of fulness of tone.
LEONARD E. BACH writes :
"Every pianist
with a soul must feel himself carried away by the poetical gradations of
sound given out by this piano. The sound-sustaining pedal enables the
pianist to give effects which were formerly not considered possible."
4 - SOLIDITY. - The artistic and beautiful appearance of the finished
pianoforte gives no idea of the solidity and strength of its structure, nor
of the immense amount of capital for material alone absolutely necessary for
the production of good pianos.
As to the woods employed, the world is ransacked for the most adaptable
English oaks, New Zealand pines, cedars from the Philippines, American
poplar, and other woods, such as mahogany, spruce, black walnut, beech;
these are some of the materials required, which, after five years' ripening
residence in this country, are brought into the manufacture of the
pianoforte.
But no wood could withstand the tension of strings which, amounting to about
twenty-two tons, is required by the present pianos, and the patented
improvements of this firm rendered necessary iron frames, which look more
suited to a steam engine than to form a part of one of the most delicate of
instruments.
Mr. V. PORTMAN, Government Official of Port Blair, writes :
"There can be no
doubt that for India, and indeed all parts of the world where great heat and
damp are combined, your pianos must be pre-eminent."
5 - DURABILITY. - Nothing can be more unsatisfactory than a pianoforte which
will not "stand." Many pianos, brilliant at first, become twangy and
grievously disappointing.
The Brinsmead Piano, whether as a purchase or a gift, is ever valuable,
because of its durability. Based on a skeleton of solid iron, on which all
its component parts depend, there is really nothing to get out of order,
while its woodwork is so solid, so well seasoned, and acclimatised, that no
damp or heat in this or other countries will affect it irremediably.
The Rev. W. J. OLDFIELD, writing
from Honduras, says:
"We have just
passed through the bulk of the wet season, which makes wood, leather, and
clothing all mouldy, and rusts even carefully kept iron and steel; and your
piano has, though in a position exposed to the damp sea air, passed through
this ordeal without any appreciable alteration in tone or tune. The tone is
the most perfect I have ever met with, everything is so solid and good
throughout."
6. - FACILITY & PERMANENCY OF TUNING. - How seldom does one find an ordinary
piano in tune; and how great is the disappointment of the hostess who has
been depending on the performance of some clever amateur friend as she sees
him raise his hands in horror from the inharmonious instrument.
With such a tension as is now on the strings and with pegs let into unseasoned
wood, it is impossible for a piano to remain in tune. In the country and
abroad it is from this circumstance often advisable to leave the
offending instrument severely alone.
Messrs. Brinsmead have effectually overcome this difficulty. The wood is
discarded, and the pegs rest in a solid iron frame. The system obviates all
force in tuning, a turn of the nut tightening or loosening the string to the
extent of one thread of the screw. These pianos defy the changes of climate,
the tone pitch is sustained, and tuning is easy and infrequent.
Mr. V. PORTMAN, Government Official, writes :
"At the Andamas
there is a rainfall of 115 inches in the year, and a continual salt damp.
This and the heat have hitherto proved fatal to pianos, and few people would
buy them, as they would not stand a month in tune. Your instrument, with the
patent tuning apparatus, has entirely revolutionised this idea."
JOHN
BRINSMEAD & SONS, PIANOFORTE MAKERS, To the Royal Family, and by Special
Appointment to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Her Royal Highness
the Princess of Wales, &c.
18, 20, & 22, WIGMORE STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE, LONDON, W.
AND OF THE PRINCIPAL MUSICSELLERS. - Illustrated Catalogues and Hire System
Priced Lists on application."
The Musical Times, 01/12/1894, p. 14
The Artist, 1895, p. 84
Black & White, 26/01/1895, p. 129
"BRINSMEAD PIANOS - Have for nearly 100 years been well known throughout the
whole world as unsurpassed for their beauty of tone and lasting qualities.
An Art Catalogue, giving full particulars of these, will be posted free on
application, together with the name and address of the local agent in
customer's district, where these Pianos can be inspected.
BRINSMEAD PLAYER-PIANOS
are the very latest and most up-to-date development. They contain every
expression device, enabling the novice to correctly voice his own mood of
the moment or the very soul of the composer.
Special Terms for Cash or Extended Payment System. - JOHN BRINSMEAD & SONS,
Ld. - 18, 20 & 22, Wigmore Street, London. - Makers to His Majesty ibe
King."
A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London and Its
Environs: With Two Large ..., 1919, p. 68
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