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in 207 & 209, Regent Street, London, The stranger's handbook to places worth seeing in London, 1862, p. 77
This magnificent Gallery, (four doors from the proprietors' Music Warehouse, corner of Conduit-street,) which has only been opened a few weeks, is of sufficient importance to rank as one of the "Places worth Seeing" in London. In itself the Gallery is exceedingly noble and attractive, while it comprises the finest collection of Piano-fortes, Harmoniums, Harps, &c., to be seen in the world. It is estimated that the number of Piano-fortes made in London* per week is about -150, or about 23,000 per annum. Of these the very finest specimens— those of Messrs. Erard, Broadwood, Collard, and a host of other makers of great excellence, though perhaps less generally known to the public—will be found here in endless variety and profusion. Here we have "repetition" Pianos — "patented" Pianos — Pianos of seven octaves in compass—Pianos adorned in richest carvings, built of costliest woods, and illustrative of all the wealth, ingenuity, and tastefulness of the age. The collection embraces magnificent grands, semi-grands, cottages, obliques, piccolos, squares, &c, forming an epitome of all that has been ilon« in the manufacture of the Piano-forte throughout Europe. Here also we find the ingenious mechanical Pianos (Pianos-mecanique) which have lately been brought to such perfection by M. Debain. These alone are worth a visit. Instead of the old barrel, the tune is pricked on small tablets of wood, and the mechanical apparatus is made to lit on the top of an ordinary Piano-forte, and may be detached at pleasure, leaving the instrument in its natural state for performance by the fingers. We thus obtain portability, convenience, and cheapness, and its adaptability to ordinary instruments, without deranging their normal condition. Then again we have Debain's Harmoniums in endless variety, and his beautiful "Harmonicorde," about which the French are in ecstacies. This latter instrument is the result of years of study and experiment, and may be pronounced to be the most perfect of the whole tribe of keyed instruments, combining as it does the effects of both the Piano-forte and the Organ, and a perfect expression. A visit to this admirable Gallery is one of the most intellectual and instructive treats that can well be conceived." The stranger's handbook to places worth seeing in London, 1862, p. 77-78
CRAMER's PIANOFORTE GALLERY offers peculiar advantages for the choice of a first-rate Pianoforte. There is a profusion of every description, from the smallest Pianette to the largest and finest Grand, and by all the eminent Makers of England and the Continent. Nothing but the very best Instruments are selected from the Factories, all that are deficient in tone being carefully avoided. Purchasers from Cramer & Co. may rely on having placed in their hands whatever may be reasonably expected from a selection made with competent practical skill. Cash Purchasers will receive the usual discount. Every Instrument fully guaranteed. Cramer & Co. deliver their Pianofortes at any Railway Station in the Kingdom without risk to the Purchaser, and at a very trifling cost. - 207 and 209, REGENT-STREET. CRAMER's ENGLISH PIANETTE, 22 Guineas. — CRAMER & CO. manufacture this capital small Instrument. It has all the requisites of the best Pianoforte-check action, solid touch, agreeable tone. The Case is of polished Ash or Pine. In practising on this Pianoforte the fingers of the player will be strengthened much more rapidly than on an old instrument, loose in the key and worn in the hammer. In Rosewood, 25 Guineas; in Walnut, 26 Guineas. Purchasers are particularly requested to observe that this Instrument has not the common or single action, but the double or check action; and that Cramer & Co. are the only manufacturers of it in England. CRAMER's VICARAGE PIANETTE, in dark Walnut, Mediaeval design, 26 Guineas. 207 and 209, REGENT-STREET. CRAMER'S INDIAN PIANETTE, in solid Mahogany, for warm climates. The most portable Pianoforte yet made. The Packing Case forms a Dressing Table for an Officer's quarters. *: 35 ££ lete, 40 Guineas. an 9, - CRAMER'S PORTABLE PIANOFORTE, the most compact and novel yet introduced. The keyboard shuts up, and the Instrument when closed presents the appearance of an elegant escritoire. Admirably adapted for ship's cabins. In Rosewood or Walnut, 45 Guineas; in solid Mahogany, with the aetion strengthened to resist the effects of a warm climate, 50 Guineas. [...] CRAMER'S NEW SEMI-GRAND, with Trichord Treble, as manufactured for them by Broadwood & Sons, and Collard & Collard, is the most remarkable Semi-Grand Pianoforte that has yet been introduced. Wonderful power and singular purity of tone. 105 Guineas in Rosewood; 115 in Walnut. [...] THALBERG's GRAND PIANOFORTES. — These magnificent Instruments, manufactured by Messrs. S. & P. Erard, and selected by M. Thalberg for his London concerts, have been purchased by Cramer & Co., and are universally admitted to be the most exquisite Pianofortes ever finished by these distinguished manufacturers, combining, in an extraordinary degree, all their peculiar excellences. The tone has great volume, together with a charming vocal quality. The cases are of Walnut and Rosewood. Prices 220 and 240 Guineas. 207 and 209, REGENT-STREET. PIANOFORTES. NEW, by Broadwood, Collard, or Erard, for SALE or HIRE. — At CRAMER'S PIANOFORTE GALLERY (the largest in Europe), 207 and 209, Regent-street. PIANOFORTES. SECOND-HAND, by Broadwood, Collard, or Erard — Full Grands, Boudoir Grands, Semi-Grands, and Cottages, in the greatest variety; many of them quite equal to new. Every Instrument warranted. — At CRAMER'S PIANOFORTE GALLERY (the largest in Europe), 207 and 209, Regent-street. SECOND HAND PIANOFORTES.—A great number of Instruments by Broadwood, Collard, and Erard, nearly equal to new, CRAMER'S PIANO MECANIQUE, Manufactured by the Inventor, M. Debain, of Paris, is an Instrument entitled to rank foremost among the triumphs achieved in the mechanical arts. Any one can play upon it. Price 55 Guineas. If with a keyboard, enabling it to be used by a pianist like an ordinary pianoforte, 90 Guineas. The Instrument is very strongly made, and warranted to stand any change of climate. 207 and 209, REGENT-STREET. CRAMER'S HARMONIUMS, as Manufactured by the Inventor of the Instrument, M. Debain, of Paris, received the Prize Medal and the very highest commendation. Their superiority has been incontestably maintained. [...] 207 and 209, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. CRAMER'S [...]" The Athenæum: A Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts ..., Volume 1, 1863, p. 819
28 Guinea Pianette, in Rosewood or Walnut - £2 12s. 6d. per Quarter. 42 Guinea Drawing-room Model Cottage, in Rosewood or Walnut . . . . £3 18s. 9d. per Quarter. 60 Guinea Semi-oblique, Rosewood or Walnut, £5 5s. 0d. per Quarter. OTHER INSTRUMENTS, SUCH AS GRANDS, SEMI-GBANDS, ETC., MAY ALSO BE HIRED ON THE SAME SYTEM. Every Instrument is warranted of the very best maufacture, interior Pinnofortes being entirely excluded from the stock. QUARTERLY PAYMENTS ARE REQUIRED. INSTRUMENTS PACKED FREE, AND FORWARDED DIRECT TO THE COUNTRY. - HARMONIUMS ON THE SAME SYSTEM. PIANOFORTE GALLERY (THE LARGEST IN EUROPE), 207 AND 209, REGENT-STREET, w." The Illustrated London Almanack, Volume 5, 1866, p. 69
From the first CRAMERs have furnished not only instruments of their own manufacture, but also the Pianofortes of all the other great makers, and they have for some time extended the system to Harmoniums, American Organs, and Organs for the Church or the Chamber.
CRAMERS would respectfully
solicit all who are desirous of so obtaining an instrument, to apply direct
to themselves, when they will find no difficulties either interposed or
suggested to their acquirement of any class of instrument, from the smallest
Pianette to the largest Grand. CRAMERS PIANOFORTE GALLERY (the largest in
Europe) 207 and 209 Regent Street, London, W."
The Spectator, 18/03/1871, p. 328
1873
ROSEWOOD OR ASH PIANETTE, £2 5s. per Quarter.
Cramer's Indian Grand
Pianoforte, Price 90 guineas, Has been made as a substitute for the old
square, formerly much used throughout the East. The size is nearly the same
as the square, being only six feet long and four feet eight inches across
the keys. The case is of solid Mahogany, with brass bound circular ends. The
scale is the full seven octaves. The tone is large, the articulation rapid
and easily susceptible of expressive performance. It has the trichord
stringing on the new introduced metal frame, which possesses greater power
of resistance than the usual metal plate.
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