Ruch Expositions

RUCH
à Lyon (°1870)

1880

MELBOURNE - "Ruch, of Paris, a new exhibitor, who has gained the bronze and silver medals at Paris Exhibitions, has sent two upright instruments." The Sydney Morning Herald, 09/12/1880, p. 7 (trove.nla.gov.au)

MELBOURNE - "COTTAGE PIANOS. [...] Ruch, Paris, exhibits two pianos--one in walnut; the other in pearwood, stained in imitation of ebony, and in the Louis XIII. style. The strings are half oblique. The tone is of fair average quality, the upper notes somewhat woody, but the construction of the instrument is good and the price low. The action is by Schwander. Second award." Official Record: Containing Introduction, History of Exhibition, Description ..., 1882, p. 51

1883

AMSTERDAM - "3180. Ruch, 60, rue St-Maur, Parijs. - Fabriek van pianos, rechte en schuine. Algemeene tentoonstelling zilveren medaille." Officieele Catalogus, Amsterdam, 1883, p. 122

1885

ANVERS - "216 — Ruch, 60, rue Saint-Maur, 15, cité Bertrand, Paris. Manufacture de pianos. Médailles: bronze, 1875, Paris; argent 1878, Paris; mérite, 1880. Melbourne, diplôme d'honneur, 1880. Melun, or, 1883. Amsterdam." Exposition d'Anvers 1885, p. 22

1888

BARCELONE - "Ruch (Jacques), 60, rue Saint Maur, 15, cité Bertrand, Paris. - Pianos.
Un piano droit, cordes ¼ obliques, bois noyer loupe.
Un piano droit, cordes ½ obliques, bois noyer foncé, filets or, style Louis XIII .
Un piano droit, cordes croisées, bois palissandre, ciré, sculpté, style Louis XVI.
Un piano droit, cordes' croisées, bois noir, verni, rehaussé d’or.
Un piano à queue, cordes croisées, bois palissandre .
Un piano à queue, cordes croisées, bois noir .
Exposition de Paris 1875, bronze; Paris 1878, argent; Melbourne 1880, or; Melun 1880; diplôme d’honneur, Amsterdam 1882, or ; Beauvais 1885, diplôme d’honneur; Anvers 1885, or." Catalogue officiel de la section française : Exposition universelle de Barcelone, 1888, p. 131 (archive.org)

1889

PARIS - "135. RUCH (Jacques), à Paris, rue Saint-Maur, 60. — Pianos à queue et droits. Paris 1878, Médaille d'argent. Melbourne 1881, mérite. Amsterdam 1883, or. Anvers 1885, or. Barcelone 1888, or." Catalogue général officiel de l'exposition universelle de 1889, p. 9 (gallica.bnf.fr)

PARIS - "M. RUCH, hors concours comme membre du jury des récompenses, avait exposé une série d'instruments remarquables par leur belle qualité. Si ses pianos à cordes obliques sont recommandables par tous les détails de la fabrication, ses pianos à queue petit modèle démontrent que M. Ruch est un facteur d'une grande habileté et qu'il possède les connaissances nécessaires pour établir des pianos d'une manière parfaite.
Son piano demi-queue, meuble très élégant, vernis Martin, peint avec beaucoup de goût, était un des plus beaux et des meilleurs instruments exposés dans la classe 13. Aussi ne craignons-nous pas de placer M. Ruch parmi nos premiers facteurs parisiens." Exposition universelle internationale de 1889 à Paris, 1889, p. 482

PARIS - "In M. Ruch's exhibit we found something very much like a useum, containing the finest specimens of modern cabinet making. In the first place, there is a handsome Louis the Fifteenth drawing room grand, ornamented with Martin varnish, and the paintings on it are most artistic and in excellent taste; the other instrument is in rosewood, with transparent varnish, and is an undoubted success.

The uprights consist of a Louis the Sixteenth, in mottled mahogany, with mouldings in brass, extremely graceful, elegant, and of perfect arrangement, leaving nothing to be desired. Next, another Louis the Sixteenth, with polished black case of excellent execution; a fine model of the same style in walnut. The design of this instrument is very successful, and the choice of the wood a very good one.

Another is a Henry the Second model in ebony. Alongside are some very artistic specimens of velvet surrounded by violet and aramanth coloured wood, the room being lemon colour, relieved with aramanth coloured mouldings and friezes in violet, set off by those designs in marquetérie of which M. Chevrel alone has the secret, and which are one of the successes of the exhibition.

We offer our congratulations to M. Ruch, a respected member of the jury, whose in struments are treated with such consummate art that they excite the admiration of the numerous visitors who stop in front of his stand." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 12, 01/08/1889, p. 548

1893

CHICAGO - "456. Ruch, Paris. Upright and grand pianos." Official Catalogue ..., Colombia, 1893, p. 67

Pour les références voyez
pianos français 1850 - 1875