MANUFACTURER & IMPORTER OF
Pianos,
Organs, Harmoniums, and Musical Instruments
(ESTABLISHED OVER
HALF-A CENTURY,)
l3
ISLINGTON, LIVERPOOL.
Catalogue
of 1885
Note: Prices may have changed slightly since publication
PIANOS.
the
excelsior cottage piano, 7 octaves, good strong reliable Instrument, 15 guineas cash, or 10/6
per month. Total 18 guineas walnut cottage piano, Iron Frame, Full
Trichord, 19 guineas cash, or
12/6 per month. Total 23 guineas.
cottage
piano, Check Action, Brass Pinplate, Iron Frame. Full
Trichord, 22 guineas cash, or 15/- per month. Total 26 guineas
walnut
cottage piano, Superior Class, Check Action, Brass Pinplate,
Full Trichord, Iron Frame, 25 guineas cash, or 17/6
per month. Total 30 guineas.
upright iron grand piano, every
known improvement, High-class Superior Instrument, 30 guineas cash, or 2l/- per
month. Total
36 guineas.
upright
iron grand piano, very handsome and superior Case, Best
Ivory Keys/Improved Check Action, Full Trichord, Brass
Pinplate, one of the finest
instruments made, 36 guineas cash, or 25/- per month. Total 43 guineas.
Over 500 pianos, organs, and harmoniums,
by all the leading makers. New and Second-hand from £2.10s. to £200.
instruments
of every description taken in exchange.
ORGANS.
harmonium, Full
Compass, Good Quality, 4 guineas cash, or 7/6 per month. Total 5 guineas.
organ, Gothic Case, Knee Swell, Full Compass, very sweet Tone, 5 guineas
cash or 8/6 per month. Total £6.10a.
organ, 5 Stops, Octave Couplers, Handsome Walnut Case, Knee Swell. 7 ½
guineas cash, or 9/- per month. Total 9 guineas.
organ, Massive Walnut Case, Octave couplers, 8 Stops, 2 Knee Swells, very
good Instrument, 9 Guineas cash, or l0/- per month
Total 11 Guineas.
organ, Superior
Walnut Case, 11 Stops, Octave Couplers, Excellent Instrument, 15 guineas cash,
or 10/6 per month. Total 18 guineas.
organ, Handsome
Walnut Case, 12 Stops, Octave Couplers, very Superior Instrument, 20 guineas
cash, or 13/6 per month. Total
23 guineas.
organ, Handsome Pipe-top Front, Octave Couplers, 14 Stops, 8 Sets of Reeds,
Sub-bass, &c , 25 guineas cash, or 17/6 per month.
Total 30 guineas.
orchestral
organ, 11 Sets of Reeds, very Fine Quality. The Best Single Manual Organ made, 32
guineas cash, or 21/-per
month. Total 38 guineas.
A large stock of Single, Double Manual and Pedal Organs and Harmoniums,
New and Second-hand, from £3 to £300.
Violins, 2/6, 4/6, 7/6. Violin,
good quality instrument, with German silver mounted bow, full lined case with
lock and key, tutor book, resin and tuning pipe complete, 10/6, 15/6, 22/.;
very superior, 30/-, 37/6, 45/-, 60/-, and 75/-
The
Celebrated " Victor Violins "
are the finest modern make, unrivalled and unsurpassed for superiority of
construction and excellence of tone, now being used by the leading
professionals. Prices : No. I, "
The Student Model," £1.1s; No. 2, " The Academy," £2.s; No. 3,
" The College of Violinists," £3.10s; No. 4, " The
Conservatoire," £5.5s; No. 5, "The Professor," £7.10; No. 6,
" The Excelsior," £10.10s.—This is, without doubt, the finest Violin
made.
Violin bows, suitable for the " Victor " Violins : No. I, full German
silver mounted, 2/6 ; No, 2, superior quality, 4/6 ; No. 3, extra full mounted
Brazil wood stick, 7/6 ; No. 4, fine snakewood stick, 10/6 ; No 5, fine old
Brazil wood, real silver mounted, 15/6 ; No. 6, very superior, extra full
mounted, 21/-
Violin Cases, No. I, full lined, with lock and key, 4/6; No.
2, superior finish, large spring clasps, 7/6; No. 3, embossed wood case, very
light and elegant, 10/6 ; No. 4, superior plush lining, nickel fittings, 16/6 ;
No. 5, mahogany or walnut, best finish, plush lined, 25/-; No. 6, solid
leather, new shape, velvet lined, 30/-
Violoncello, No. 1, 19/6; No. 2. superior,
35/-; No. 3, excellent tone, £3 ; No. 4, very superior, £5 ; No. 5, Italian
model, £8.10s.; No. 6, specially selected wood, and fine finish, £12.
Violoncello bows, No. 1,
2/6 ; No. 2, superior, 4/6: No. 3, Brazil wood, full mounted, 7/6 ; No. 4,
superior selected stick, 10/6 ; No.~5, real silver mounted Brazil stick, 2l/-;
No. 6, very superior, extra full, real silver mounted, 35/-
Violoncello Cases, No. i, wood, black varnished,
28/6; No. 2, American cloth, leather bound, very strong, 37/6
Double Basses, 3 or 4 strings, No. 1, good
quality, £3 ; No. 2, superior finish and tone, ,£5 ; No. 3, very superior,
moulded back, £9.10s; No. 4, high-class, very best finish and tone, £15
Double bass
bows, No. 1,
4/6; No. 2, superior, 8/6; No. 3, Brazil wood stick, 12/6; No. 4, fine Brazil
stick, extra full mounted, 23/-
Double Bass Cases, wood, very strong, best make,
£3 15s.
Mandolines, No. 1, with machine head,
12/6; No. 2, superior, 16/- ; No. 3, improved model and finish, 21/-; No. 4,
superior real rosewood, 27/6
Italian
Mandolines, No. 1, maple, 3O/-; No. 2, superior, with tortoise shell
Escutcheon, 37/6; No. 3, Ditto, rosewood body, 48/-; No. 4, superior, with
enclosed German silver machine head, 60/-,; No.5, Finest Italian Mandolines, 27 rosewood ribs, excellent ,tone,
£5 ; No. 6, very superior, ,£7 ; No. 7, one of the finest instruments made,
fluted rosewood body, inlaid with German silver, very richly inlaid front,
marvellous tone, £11.10s.
Mandoline
Cases,
No. 1, Felt Bags, 2/3; No. 2, American leather cases, 4/9; No. 3, superior,
with lock, 7/6; No. 4. leather case, 13/6; No. 5, superior velvet lined, 21/-;
wood cases, 6/6 & 8/6
Banjos, No. 1, brass rim and
brackets, 6/6; No. 2, nickel plated hoop, 14/6; No. 3, superior, with ebony
fingerboard, 21/-; No. 4 high-class Banjo, professional, dots at side, 30/-;
No. 5, superior double wire shell and recess rim, 40/-; No. 6, ditto, with
double veneer arm, and ivory pegs, 57/6: No. 7, very superior, £3.10s.; No. 8,
solid bell metal hoop Banjo, superior tone and construction, suitable for the
stage, £4; No. 9, very superior, richly
inlaid arm, £6 ; any Banjo may be
had with 5, 6, or 7 strings.
Zither
Banjos,
£3, & £4.10s.; very superior, £6.
Banjo Cases, No. 1, felt bags, 2/6; No. 2,
American leather cases, 6/6; No. 3, superior, 8/6; No. 4, very strong leather
bound, 11/6 ; No. 5, leather case, 16/6 ; No. 6, very superior 21/- No. 7, best quality velvet lined, 30/-
Guitars, with peg head, 6/6; superior, with
machine head, 10/6, 15/6, 2l/-; very superior, inlaid fronts, 27/6 & 35/- ;
high-class Guitars, 50/-, 65/-, & 85/-; finest make, £5, & £7.5s; richly inlaid, £8.10s; and £10.
Guitar Cases, Celt bags, 2/9 ; American
leather, 7/6 ; superior, 10/6 &
12/6; leather, 17/6 & 23/-; best quality velvet lined, 30/-
Concertinas,
BEST
ENGLISH MAKE. No. 1, 48 keys, mahogany tops, in box, 37/6; No. 2, rosewood
tops, in mahogany box, £2.12s.6d. No. 3, rosewood, best finish, five fold
morocco bellows, moulded edges, etc., £4.4s.; No. 4, rosewood, newly improved,
ornamented throughout, silver tip keys, fine and pure tone £6 6s.; No. 5, rosewood, best finish, with
steel reeds, £7 78.; No. 6, rosewood, finished as No. 4, with best steel reeds,
£10 l0s. ; No. 7, ebony tops, best quality steel reeds, all leather bellows, as
used by all the leading professors, leather case, £13 l0s.
Concertinas—Anglo-German. BEST ENGLISH MAKE. No. 1, mahogany tops, 20 keys, in box, 21/-;
No. 2, ditto, with steel reeds, 27/6 ; No. 3 mahogany tops, 30 keys, 35/-; No.
4, ditto, steel reeds, 45/-; No. 5, newly improved Anglo Concertinas, 20 keys,
rosewood tops, morocco bellows, best tempered steel reeds, in mahogany box, £2
12s. 6d.; No. 6, ditto, 32 keys, including farmyard whistle, and cock-crow,
£3.15s., nickel tops, 17/6 extra. -
Duet
Concertinas, BEST ENGLISH MAKE. As used by Professor Maccan, No. 1,
rosewood tops, 39 keys, mahogany box, £2 12s. 6d,; No. 2, ditto, steel reeds,
£4..7s. 6d.; No. 3, rosewood tops, 46 keys, mahogany box, £3. 7s. 6d.; No. 4,
ditto, steel reeds, £6 7s. 6d.;
No. 5, rosewood tops, 39 newly improved, best ternpered steel reeds, 6-fold
morocco bellows, rosewood, £6 7s. 6d.; No. 6, ditto, 46 keys, £9
159., nickel top 17/6 extra.
Instruction Book, by Professor Maccan, 1/11
Concertina, German Make, 20 keys, 2/6, 4/6, & 6/6 ;
superior, 8/6, l0/6, & l3/-
Accordeons, OR MELODEONS, 2 sets of reeds, 4/6, 6/-, &
8/6; superior, 10/6, 12/6, & l5/- good and reliable make.
Rushworth's
Celebrated Accordeons, OR MELODEONS, finest made in the World. Best hand made steel reeds, leather
bellows, patent steel corners on bellows, extra strong and durable.
No. 1.—10 Keys, 2 sets of Reeds, medium size, in strong wood box,
l8/-
No. 2.—10 Keys, 2 sets of Reeds standard size, in strong wood box,
25/-
No. 3-—10 Keys, 3 sets of Reeds standard size, in strong wood box,
25/-
No. 4.—19 Keys, 4 sets of Reeds
standard size, in strong wood box, 37/6 (Chromatic)
These Accordeons have never been
surpassed for qualify, workmanship, and tone, and are now being used in all
parts of the globe.
Musical Boxes, 1/3, 2/6, & 4/-,
superior, 5/6 ; self-acting, 8/6, 10/6 ; new Symphonion Musical Boxes, with
changeable metal tunes, plays hundreds of various tunes, prices, including 6
tunes : No. 1, 14/6 ; No. 2, self-acting, 32/6 ; larger sizes—No. 3, £2.15s; No. 4, £3.10s; No. 5, ;$4 5s.;
No.6,£7; No. 7, £910s.; extra tunes
from 5d. each.
Organettes, new model, with steel reeds,
and round metal tunes, No. i, including 6 tunes, 16/6; No. 2, larger, 27/6,
extra tunes from 6d. each ; No. 3, Ariston Organette, with 6 tunes, best model.
35/-, extra tunes 1/- each ; No. 4, Pneumatic Organette, very good tone,
£2.10s., extra rolls of music from 1/-; No. 5, very superior Pneumatic
Organette, finest made, excellent quality of tone, £4.15s., extra music from
3d.per tune.
Cornets, 18/6, 21/-, superior, 30/-,
with German silver valves, and water keys, in case, 37/6, 45/-, superior, 6o/-,
8o/- & 95/-, richly engraved, £6, £8, and £9.10s
Band Flutes, BEST ENGLISH MAKE, Bb band
instruments, 1 German silver key & tips, 2/3, very superior, 3 joints, 3/6.
Concert Flutes, No. i, 8 German silver keys,
with slide head, 18/-; No. 2, superior quality, pillar keys and lip plate, 30/-
;
N6. 3, superior, with bushed holes, 47/6; No. 4, very
superior, best quality, 60/-; No. 5, Concert Flute, real silver keys, £3; No. 6, with bushed holes and lip plate,
£4 l0s.
music Stands, portable, best patent. No. 1, iron bronzed, 5/-; No. 2,
superior, 6/6; No. 3, best brass, l5/-; ditto, nickel plated, 18/6
Music Stand Cases, American Leather, 3/-; real
leather, 5/-
Autoharps, the newest and simplest
instrument invented, most charming tone, construction similar to the Zither,
can be learnt in 10 minutes. 3 chords, 6/6; genuine American Autoharps, finest
make, No. 1,3 chords, 14/6; No. 2, 4 chords, 17/6; No. 3, 5 chords, 2i/-;
No. 4, 9 chords, 42/6; No. 5, 11 chords, £2 i8s. 6d.; No. 6, 13 chords, £4; No. 7,
16 chords, £5. 2s. 6d., complete
with full instructions, music, &c.
Brass Flageolets, best quality, A. 6d., G. 7d.,
F. 8d., Eb 9d., D. 11d., C. 1/2, Bb 1/6
Mouth Organs, David's Harp, or Hohner's made, finest quality,
6d., 1/-, 1/6, 2/-, 3/-, 4/-, four sides, 4/- & 8/6
Strings, Violin, Banjo, Guitar, and Zither Strings, 3d., 4d., &
6d.each, or 2/6, 3/-, & 5/- per dozen.
Mandoline
Strings,
1st & 2nd, 2d. & 3d. each, (first quality) or 1/6 & 2/6 per doz.;
3rd & 4th, 3d. & 4d. each (first quality), or 2/6 & 3/- per doz.
Military,
Brass, Orchestral, and Drum and Fife Band Instruments and Requisites, as supplied to some
of the leading bands in the United Kingdom.
We shall be pleased to send estimates and particulars for complete
bands, or any Instrument or requisite required. Being one of the Oldest and
Largest Wholesale Manufacturers and Importers, we are in a position to supply£
first-class article, at the lowest possible cost.
For any Instrument fitting, or music required, we shall be most
pleased to send quotations, or if you send
the amount you wish to spend you may rely upon receiving sterling value in return. 3d. in the 1/-
Discount off all music and books.
Farmer
and Loders' Violin Tutors, 1/11 each, post free. Hemy, Hamilton & Smallwood
Piano Tutors, 1/11 each, post free.
14,000
Copies of Music, 2d. per copy, post free. All Instruments and Fittings sent carriage paid.
Old Violins, Violoncellos, Guitars & Harps purchased, or taken in exchange.
Trade,
Exporters, and the Profession supplied with instruments, fittings, and music by all
publishers, on the very best Terms. Repairs of every description by practical
workmen.
E. RUSHWORTH, 13 ISLINGTON, (Near the Walker Art
Gallery), LIVERPOOL.