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 'The, immortals 
 
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 STEIN WAY 
 
 GENIUS, ever yearning for 
 outward expression, demands 
 the perfect medium in which to 
 offer to mankind its God-given in- 
 spirations. The painter must have 
 glowing pigments, the sculptor 
 searches out the finest marbles. 
 
 Justly indeed has the title "The 
 Instrument of the Immortals" been 
 bestowed upon the Steinway piano. 
 
 What finer tribute to Steinway 
 pre-eminence could be given than 
 the testimony of the immortal mas- 
 ters of music contained in these 
 pages ?
 
 
 MR. STEINWAY, 
 
 WEIMAR, 1883 
 
 Most Esteemed Sir: Again I owe you many and special thanks. 
 The new Steinway grand is a glorious masterpiece in power, 
 sonority, singing quality and perfect harmonic effects, affording 
 delight even to my old piano-weary fingers. Ever continuing 
 success remains a beautiful attribute of the world-renowned firm 
 of Steinway & Sons. 
 
 In your letter, highly esteemed sir, you mention some new tea- 
 tures in the grand piano, viz., the vibrating body being bent into 
 form out of one continuous piece, and that portion of the strings 
 heretofore lying dormant being now a part of the foundation tones 
 and incorporated therein as partial tones. Their utility is em- 
 phatically guaranteed by the name of the inventor. 
 
 Owing to my ignorance of the mechanism of piano construc- 
 tion, I can but praise the magnificent result in the volume and 
 quality of sound. y ery respectful i y an d gratefully, 
 
 FRANZ LISZT 
 
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 MY DEAR MR. STEIN WAY, BAYREUTH, 1879. 
 
 From your communication I readily per- 
 ceive with what enthusiastic love you seek to attain the incorpo- 
 ration of the most "spirituelle" tone into the piano, which has 
 heretofore served only as the exponent of actual musical sound. 
 Our great tone masters, when writing the grandest of their crea- 
 tions for the piano-forte, seem to have had a presentiment of the 
 ideal grand piano, as now attained by yourselves. A Beethoven 
 sonata, a Bach Chromatic Fantasie, can only be fully appreciated 
 when rendered upon one of your piano-fortes. 
 
 Although I do not possess the slightest dexterity in piano-forte 
 playing, I delight in being able to do justice to your assumption of 
 my inborn and cultivated sense of tone. For sounds of such beauty 
 as those coming from my Stcinway grand (latter and coax the 
 most agreeable tone-pictures from my harmonic melodic senses. 
 
 IN A WORD, I FIND YOUR GRAND PIANO OF WONDROUS BEAUTY 
 
 IT is A NOBLE WORK OF ART. RICHA RD WAGNER. 
 
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 MESSRS. STEIN WAY & SONS, 
 
 PARIS, 1867. 
 
 I have heard the magnificent pianos which you brought from 
 America, and which emanate from your factory. Permit me to 
 compliment you upon the excellent and rare qualities which these 
 instruments possess. Their sonority is splendid and essentially 
 noble; moreover, you have discovered the secret of lessening, to 
 an imperceptible point, that unpleasant harmonic of the minor 
 seventh, which has heretofore made itself heard on the eighth or 
 ninth node of the longer strings, to such a degree as to render 
 some of the simplest and finest chords disagreeable (cacophonique). 
 This improvement, in connection with the various others you have 
 introduced in the manufacture of your pianos, is a great progress 
 a progress for which all artists and amateurs gifted with deli- 
 cate perception are infinitely indebted to you. 
 
 Accept, I beg of you, with my compliments, my highest respects. 
 
 Your devoted 
 
 HECTOR BERLIOZ.
 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 NEW YORK, 1873. 
 
 Gentlemen: On the eve of returning to Europe, I deem it my 
 pleasant duty to express to you my most heartfelt thanks for all 
 the kindness and courtesy you have shown me during my stay in 
 the United States; but also, and above all, for your unrivaled 
 piano-fortes, which once more have done full justice to their 
 world-wide reputation, both for excellence and for capacity for 
 enduring the severest trials. During all my long and difficult 
 journeys all over America, in a very inclement season, I used and 
 have been enabled to use your pianos exclusively in my two hun- 
 dred and fifteen concerts, and also in private, with the most 
 eminent satisfaction and effect. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 ANTON RUBINSTEIN 
 
 ISISIISISIKIK^^
 
 
 
 PARIS, Oct. 6, 1888. 
 
 Dear Mr. Steinway : I had intended to send you a telegram to 
 express to you my thanks for the superb piano which arrived 
 to-day. Mme. Adelina Patti, who was the delightful interpreter 
 when we had the pleasure of meeting you, joins me in the ecstasy 
 and mutual admiration of your product, and although I do not 
 possess the executive talent in bringing out the entrancing re- 
 sources of your wonderful pianos, I at least feel that I have the 
 necessary qualifications to appreciate thoroughly their unsurpassed 
 merits. 
 
 I am overjoyed at the consciousness of being the possessor of 
 one of your perfect instruments, and beg of you to accept the 
 assurances of my highest esteem. 
 
 Believe me, etc., 
 
 CH. GOUNOD.
 
 From DR. JOSEPH JOACHIM 
 "Steimvay is to the pianist what Stradivarius is to the violinist."
 
 MESSRS. STEIN WAY & SONS, 
 
 BERLIN, 1871. 
 
 Herewith I beg you to accept my very best thanks for the 
 superb grand piano which you have sent me, and which has safely 
 arrived. I am amazed at the prolonged vibration of its tones, by 
 which the instrument becomes somewhat organ-like, at the light- 
 ness and delicacy of the touch (considering its great volume of 
 tone), and at the precise and perfect cessation of the tone which 
 the dampers effect an element so essential to distinctness in 
 playing. . . . With such a perfect instrument as yours placed 
 before me, I must modify many of my former expressed views 
 regarding pianos. I hear frequently many harmonic combination 
 tones, although such a long vibrating tone as that of your grand 
 piano is much more sensitive to disonances than that of ordinary 
 instruments, the tones of which so quickly die away. 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 H. VON HELMHOLTZ, 
 Late Professor of Acoustics at the University of Berlin. 
 
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 MESSRS. STEIN WAY & SONS, 
 
 CINCINNATI, 1879. 
 
 Gentlemen: I consider the Steinway piano the best piano at 
 present made, and that is the reason why I use it in private and 
 also in all my public concerts. 
 
 As long as the pianos of Messrs. Steinway & Sons retain that 
 high degree of excellence of manufacture, and those admirable 
 qualities which have always distinguished them, I shall continue 
 to use them in preference to all other pianos. 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 THEODORE THOMAS. 
 
 I gave the above testimonial nineteen years ago, and will only 
 change it in so far as to say that the superiority of the Steinway 
 piano to all others that I know of is even more apparent to-day 
 than it was nineteen years ago. 
 
 Yours truly, 
 
 CHICAGO, May 19, 1898. 
 
 THEODORE THOMAS. 
 
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 MESSRS. STEINVVAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: It affords me the greatest pleasure to express to 
 you my delight in the grand piano that you have recently shipped 
 to our mutual friend, Mr. Albert Niemann. The wondrous beauty 
 of its tone quality, its touch, its enchanting pianos and glorious 
 fortes, its perfect evenness from the lowest tones to the very 
 highest the latter of a distinctness I have never met with here- 
 tofore all produce an entrancing effect. Unrequested I am com- 
 pelled to express to you my highest admiration. Upon this grand 
 piano the world-famed musical authority, Heinrich Ehrlich, per- 
 formed an adagio by Beethoven ; friend Franz Rummel played a 
 Beethoven sonata and some of Bach's titanic music, while I 
 essayed to interpret the orchestral language of Wagner. Every- 
 thing sounded entrancing and sublime. 
 
 In the admiration of this, your masterwork, and in the expec- 
 tation of a speedy, joyful meeting, I remain, with highest esteem, 
 
 Your devoted 
 
 ANTON SEIDL. 
 
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 December 9, 1909. 
 
 DEAR MR. STEINWAY, 
 
 Many thanks for the beautiful Vertegrand which you so kindly 
 have put at my disposal. I use it daily for the study of orchestral 
 effects, and am delighted by the possibilities of the instrument in 
 this respect. I intend to take it with me to Vienna, as I simply 
 will not be without it. 
 
 With greetings, 
 
 GUSTAV MAHLER.
 
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 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, BOSTON, 1893. 
 
 During the four years of my career in America, as Conductor 
 of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, I have had for my private 
 use one of your splendid grand pianos. 
 
 I desire to express to you frankly my admiration of the noble 
 singing and wonderfully sympathetic tone-quality of your pianos, 
 combined with an extraordinary volume of tone, enabling the 
 pianist to produce the most beautiful tonal effects, withal 
 orchestral. 
 
 You are aware, my dear Mr. Steinway, that I have been ap- 
 pointed Director of the Royal Opera at Buda-Pesth, and that I 
 am preparing to leave America in order to assume the duties of 
 my new position. Such being the case, I would like to purchase 
 one of your style "C" parlor grands in ebonized case, the instru- 
 ment to be shipped to me during next July at my residence in 
 Buda-Pesth, Hungary. The question of price and selection of the 
 piano I leave entirely in your own hands. In taking one of your 
 Grands to Europe, I am conscious of the fact that I will possess 
 the best piano at present made, an instrument that will wear well 
 and withstand the effect of any climate. 
 
 With assurances of the highest consideration, believe me, 
 Very sincerely yours, ARTHUR NIKISCH
 
 
 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK 
 
 September 5, 1898. 
 
 The Stein way piano has no more enthusiastic admirer than my- 
 self. Knowing thoroughly the principal makes of both Europe and 
 America, it is a matter of both patriotism as well as artistic pride 
 to me that I have never found an instrument comparable to it. 
 Very truly yours. 
 
 EDWARD MAC DOWELL. 
 
 NEW YORK, February 28, 1902. 
 
 In my estimation there is no instrument either here or abroad 
 comparable to the Steinway piano. * 
 Yours truly, 
 
 EDWARD MAC DOWELL.
 
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 MitUcin 
 
 March 28, 1906. 
 DEAR MR. STEINWAY, 
 
 Please accept, even if delayed, my most sincere thanks for the 
 glorious grand which you so kindly put at my disposal for my 
 concerts in New York this season. This grand imbued with 
 new delights in its mechanique, with a tone even more majestic 
 and powerful than heretofore, and with it all of ravishing beauty 
 was without any doubt the most perfect instrument which ever 
 I had the good fortune to play on. 
 
 With feelings of gratitude to you personally as well as the 
 beloved and honored house of Steinway, I remain, with kindest 
 regards, 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 RAFAEL JOSEFFY.
 
 Uartaook 
 
 MESSRS. STEIN WAY & SONS, New York, May 4, 1914. 
 
 Gentlemen: The supreme qualities of your instruments have 
 been for many years universally recognized. Public and indi- 
 viduals, amateurs and artists, have been looking upon your pianos 
 as upon a standard of perfection. Whenever perfection is at- 
 tained, progress is stopped ; for there is no room for climbing 
 when the summit has been reached. And yet, in your case, this 
 law of nature seems to have been defied. 
 
 Is there anything which could demonstrate more convincingly 
 the wealth of resources of your firm, the astonishing vitality of 
 your house? But there is in it something to rejoice the heart of 
 everyone who is devoted to his profession: young men inherit 
 fame and fortune, general respect and universal recognition most 
 legitimately acquired by the genius, industry and honest, per- 
 sistent labor of their illustrious forefathers. Instead of simply 
 enjoying life, instead of dwelling passively upon the golden ances- 
 tral laurels, they concentrate, in noble, ambitious efforts, all their 
 energy and up they go to a higher plane and, indeed, they reach 
 still higher regions. 
 
 Such a thing can only be accomplished by a sincere love of 
 profession, and it is to this love of profession that I wish to pay 
 my tribute of high esteem and admiration. 
 
 Most faithfully yours, I. J. PADEREWSKI.
 
 
 Mitkkin 
 
 FERMATA, AIKEX, S C., December 12, 1917. 
 Sirs' I consider the Steinway Piano absolutely unique in that 
 it combines the production of sound, from the softest pianissimo 
 to the greatest forte, with an extraordinary perfection of action. 
 It seems to lie in the nature of tone production, in general, that 
 the two above-mentioned qualities interfere with each other, so 
 we find, for example, a coloratura soprano (perfect action) not 
 capable of singing a Wagner opera satisfactorily, while a dra- 
 matic soprano (great sound production) lacks the necessary color- 
 atura for a Mozart or Verdi opera. Such is the case with a flute 
 and a trombone, the mouth-organ and a big church organ, but 
 not so with a Steinway! The Steinway seems tx> defy the laws 
 of acoustics and allows the daintiest runs in a Chopin nocturne 
 to be immediately followed by a thunderous forte in a Tann- 
 hauser overture-transcription. Therefore, as long as I have the 
 privilege to play on a Steinway I can justly say to use the much- 
 abused though expressive term "I should worry!" 
 Believe me, very sincerely yours, 
 
 JOSEF HOFMANN. 

 
 24 East 92nd. Street, 
 NEW YORK CITY, April 14, 1920. 
 
 DEAR MR. STEINWAY, 
 
 I am very happy to have the opportunity of using your pianos 
 for my concerts because I consider them to be perfect in every way. 
 
 Faithfully yours, 
 
 SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, HEIDELBERG, May 8, 1897. 
 
 Dear Sirs: I desire to express to you my thanks for the mag- 
 nificent concert grands which you have placed at my disposal for 
 my recent concerts in Mannheim and Munich. After a fair and 
 impartial test I have no hesitation in adding my name to the long 
 and illustrious list of admirers of the Steinway piano-forte, and I 
 take great pleasure in assuring you that in my opinion no other 
 piano-forte made in America or in Europe can approach your 
 noble production in any of the essential features which endear it 
 to the artist and public alike. 
 
 Would you be so very kind as to furnish me with your piano- 
 fortes for my approaching concerts in England and Russia, to 
 enable me to achieve the highest possible artistic results? 
 
 To say the truth, ten or fifteen years ago I was not so en- 
 thusiastic in my approval of your piano-fortes, but I had the 
 opportunity of trying one of your splendid new grands in a con- 
 cert at Helsingfors last winter, and from that moment I became 
 your greatest admirer. Either you have made astonishing improve- 
 ments or it was my former bad taste ; anyway, your piano-forte is 
 now in my eyes the ideal production of our age. Hoping that you 
 will be able to comply with my wish, and again thanking you, 
 I am Yours faithfully, EUGEN D'ALBERT. 
 
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 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 January 26, 1910 
 
 Gentlemen. 
 
 Permit me to say to you that the wonderful Stemway Grand 
 Piano, which you placed at my disposal, has greatly contributed 
 to my success. In my opinion no great artist should use any other 
 piano than the Steinway, if not obliged to do so by material con- 
 siderations. 
 
 JOSEF LHfiVINNE
 
 August 7, 1913 
 MESSRS. STEIN WAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: After two consecutive concert tours in America, 
 of over 100 concerts, I believe to be entitled to speak of my ex- 
 perience with the Steinway Piano. I cannot think of any greater 
 and more noble inspiration to the artist than a perfect instrument 
 to express the thoughts of his musical and as it has to be 
 technical ambitions. The Steinway Piano has both t singing tone 
 and piano action in an unapproachable degree that has made of it 
 the world's piano. 
 
 That's why I love it and admire it. 
 
 RUDOLPH GANZ.
 
 STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 NEW YORK, N. Y., January 2, 1920. 
 
 A/y </er iS/rj: Since my first concert of the season, I have 
 wanted to write to you to tell you how happy I am with your 
 instruments. Each one of them is a masterpiece of art and is an 
 inspiration to me in my work. Their glorious tone meets every 
 demand for tonal coloring and gradation and the action responds 
 with human-like susceptibility to one's every desire. 
 
 The realization, while playing, that the piano will satisfy my 
 every wish, that it will respond to my every mood and fancy, 
 enables me to play with greater freedom of mind and abandon. 
 It is therefore an aid in rendering my interpretations and is a 
 great joy to me. 
 
 I thank you most heartily for your superb instruments. 
 
 Very sincerely yours, 
 
 MISCHA LEVITZKI.
 
 July 9, 1922. 
 
 MY DEAR HONORED MR. STEINWAY: 
 
 Ever since I am playing your pianos constantly I have come 
 to the logical conclusion how easy it is to be a pianist, a good 
 pianist, if one has a Stemway at one's disposal. 
 
 For thirty years I considered my vocation a rather difficult 
 and complicated one. I devoted much time and labor to my 
 studies and every bar of music has meant time, patience, labor 
 and sometimes even disappointment to me, but since I know the 
 Steinway, I am aware and feel that that for which the artist 
 strives is at my disposal. Tone in its most subtle nuances and 
 tone color in all its tender and ravishing beauty are in safe hands 
 with the Steinway. In the beginning this realization was almost 
 discouraging and humiliating to me, but now it has become a 
 constant source of inspiration and for this I am ever grateful 
 to you. 
 
 I gladly confess it, to play on your magnificent grands is a 
 glorious feast and my success the triumph of "Steinway." 
 
 In old friendship, sincerely yours, 
 
 IGNAZ FRIEDMAN. 
 
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 Gentlemen: As Liszt once stood in the midst of the pianists of 
 his time, so stands to-day the Steinway concert grand among all 
 contemporary instruments of its kind solitary, without a rival. 
 
 Both Liszt and Steinway reached their aim. Making the at- 
 tainments of important predecessors their basis of operation, they, 
 as path-breakers, lead all others, always inventing and creating 
 something new. If Liszt be recognized as the creator of modern 
 piano-technic, Steinway & Sons must be designated as the founders 
 of modern piano-making. 
 
 ARTHUR FRIEDHEIM.
 
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 The reporter asked Mr. Vladimir de Pachmann where and 
 how he had passed the summer. 
 
 "In the Catskills, at a little place in the backwoods. Did I 
 play ? Not very much ; it was too hot. All your America is very 
 hot in summer, I think. But I had a Steinway grand, and how 
 could I help play with such an instrument in the room? (He 
 paused to run his fingers up and down an imaginary keyboard, his 
 head on one side, his eyes half closed, in ecstatic reminiscence of 
 those summer hours of practice in the backwoods.) Ah, the Stein- 
 way. What a piano! Write this down it is divine; it is the 
 finest, in the world I could not leave it. I can remember the 
 pianos of 25 years ago ; but what a development since. There is 
 nothing so beautiful in touch, so beautiful in tone. Ach! that 
 touch and tone. Mozart and Beethoven, could they hear their 
 compositions performed on a modern piano, would not know them 
 for theirs. The tears would flow from their eyes and run down 
 their cheeks, to hear them." From an interview published in 
 Worcester Spy, September 28th, 1899.
 
 September 5, 1913. 
 DEAR MR. STEIN WAY: 
 
 Everything has been said about the Steimvay piano! Its beauty 
 of tone, its brilliancy, its depth of sonority, its wonderful carrying 
 power, the reliability of its touch which permits the artist to go 
 from the faintest pianissimo to the most thundering and orchestral 
 fortissimo with its thousands of intervening gradations of tone. 
 
 All these qualities have been so often extolled, I cannot add to 
 them except to say that I have a deep and sincere feeling of 
 gratitude to your house for having provided me with such a 
 perfect medium for my art. 
 "Steinway iiber alles." 
 
 Yours sincerely, 
 
 ERNEST SCHELLING.
 
 NEW YORK CITY, December 17, 1915. 
 
 STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Dear Sirs ' I cannot refrain from sending you a few lines to 
 try to express to you some of the boundless admiration I have for 
 your marvelous pianos, and to tell you what a joy it has been to 
 me to play upon the glorious concert grands you have provided 
 me with on my concert tours in the United States and Canada. 
 
 Such instruments are an inspiration indeed to any artist. 
 
 I have never encountered instruments with such depth of 
 lovely tone as your pianos, with such an effortlessly produced for- 
 tissimo, nor so deliciously responsive in pianissimo, and in every 
 other degree of tonal volume. I never feel tired when playing 
 your incomparable Steinways, because their touch is so wondrously 
 easy that an artist playing them never has to unduly exert himself 
 
 There are certainly no pianos in the world that can begin to 
 compare with the Steinway, which is at once the most tender, 
 delicate, responsive, facile, and mechanically perfect of all pianos. 
 I know of no piano tone to compare with it nothing so glorious, 
 so heroic, so aristocratic in pianistic color. 
 
 In deep and sincere admiration. y ur devotee, 
 
 PERCY GRAINGER. 
 
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 April 21, 1920. 
 
 Gentlemen: "What can I say that has not already been said a 
 thousand times?" The Steinway pianos are the only instruments 
 which are not obstacles to be conquered, but collaborators with 
 the player that inspire him and express for him his highest ideals. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 JOHN POWELL. 

 
 MESSRS. STEIN WAY & SONS, 
 
 Dear Sirs: I have had occasion to play upon the most renowned 
 pianos all over the civilized world. Among them I have found a 
 number of excellent ones, some even of admirable qualities, but 
 only one perfect piano, the Steinway. 
 
 ALFRED CORTOT. 
 
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 April 23, 1920. 
 
 Gentlemen I have always found the Steimvay piano a perfect 
 instrument, combining remarkable brilliancy of tone in forte, with 
 exquisite delicacy of tone in piano, and both based on a perfect 
 action. 
 
 Since my arrival in America, I have used only the Steinway 
 piano and have composed on it my two last operas, "The Love for 
 the Three Oranges" and "The Flaming Angel." 
 
 Very sincerely yours, 
 
 SERGEI PROKOFIEFF. 
 
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 MESSRS. STEIN WAY & SONS, 
 
 It gives me much pleasure to say that I consider the Stein way 
 piano, without any exception, to be the greatest instrument made. 
 
 I have used it on nearly all of my tours abroad and exclusively 
 in America, and attribute a good portion of my success to the 
 superlative excellence of its qualities. 
 
 Very sincerely, 
 
 ARTHUR SHATTUCK. 
 
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 MESSRS. STEIN WAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen While thanking you for the instruments you have 
 kindly placed at my disposal in recent years, let me add a few 
 words of tribute to their excellence. The Steinway piano, in my 
 opinion, is undeniably the best piano in existence. None other 
 approaches its wonderful sonority and brilliance. Above all, none 
 other can equal its beautiful "singing" quality of tone the quality 
 that converts a machine almost into a soul, the virtue most dear 
 to the musician's heart. No praise is too high for the Steinway 
 piano, and I believe the acknowledgment of its superiority to be 
 practically universal. 
 
 I am. Gentlemen, 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 ERNEST HUTCHESON.
 
 NEW YORK, N. Y., April 12, 1922. 
 
 MY DEAR MR. STEINWAY, 
 
 Socrates wrote to his friend: "Excuse my long letter as 1 liave 
 no time for a short one." 
 
 For that reason, I say to you : "Excuse my short letter concern- 
 ing your pianos, for works of art do not require a long one." 
 
 Your truly sincere, 
 A. SILOTI. 
 
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 NEW YORK. 
 MESSRS. STEIN WAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: It goes without saying that, when I arrived in 
 New York, in November, 1888, I encountered the world- 
 renowned Steinway pianos with expectations strained to the high- 
 est pitch. I gladly confess that my demands were not only com- 
 pletely fulfilled, but far surpassed. 
 
 C'est le ton qui fait la mnsique, and I may add the piano. 
 Your grand piano is distinguished by its rare beauty of tone- 
 quality; sensitive, clear as a bell, and far-carrying in the treble; 
 in the middle octaves bright and- singing like a genuine Stradi- 
 varius. 
 
 The touch is simply unsurpassable for the delivery of all kinds 
 of double notes, is equally and specially adapted to forte and 
 piano, in staccato and in repetition. 
 
 That I have used your grands in ninety concerts, and no 
 repairs were necessary, speaks more brilliantly for the durability 
 of their construction than any other proof. 
 
 In conclusion 1 thank you sincerely for all your friendliness 
 and care for me, which have made it possible to finish so long 
 a concert tournee without unnecessary fatigue. 
 
 MORIZ ROSENTHAL. 
 
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 CHICAGO, January 29, 1896. 
 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: I want to thank you most sincerely for the mag- 
 nificent instrument which you have so kindly placed at my disposal 
 during my present tournee. Having used it at nearly forty con- 
 certs since the end of October, its beautiful singing tone, its perfect 
 mechanism and carrying power are absolutely unimpaired. I am 
 more than ever convinced that the "Steinway" is the only piano 
 which fully meets my artistic requirements. Arid although it is 
 really like carrying coals to Newcastle, I feel constrained to say 
 that in my opinion the excellency of your instruments is simply 
 unapproachable. 
 
 Yours most sincerely 
 
 FANNIE BLOOMFIELD ZEISLER. 
 
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 July 14, 1913. 
 
 The Steinway Piano is an orchestra in power, with the soul 
 and tenderness of the human voice. 
 
 YOLANDA MERO.
 
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 Dear Air. Steinway. After all that has been said in praise of 
 the Steimvay pianos, it seems almost useless to add a single voice 
 to the great chorus, and yet my enthusiasm for these marvelous 
 instruments is so great that I feel the desire to express it. The 
 power, the delicacy, the durability, the splendid action and, above 
 all, the wonderful singing tone of the Steinway piano remains 
 unequaled. 
 
 This great instrument is truly the work of genius, and there is 
 no piano in the world like it. The attainment of the highest 
 ideals in cantilene and tone-color, in the orchestral effects called 
 for in the modern school of composition, and the perfect response 
 to every wish and thought of the artist are made possible on the 
 Steinway, and only on the Steinway. Fortunate indeed are those 
 who play these wonderful instruments on the concert platform, as 
 well as those who have them in their homes. 
 
 December, 1905. 
 
 Always faithfully yours, 
 
 OLGA SAMAROFF 

 
 MESSRS. STEIN WAY & SONS, BERLIN, August 4, 1913. 
 
 Dear Sirs: Having used the Steinway piano since my early 
 childhood, I feel called upon to send you this voluntary testi- 
 monial, to express publicly that which I have so often expressed to 
 friends and acquaintances, my profound admiration for your 
 wonderful instrument. Perhaps the best proof I can give of my 
 sincerity is the fact that I have continued to play the Steinway at 
 times when it meant a financial sacrifice ; but I considered this loss 
 but gain, artistically, for I krrevv that this was the only instrument 
 made which, in every respect, was a help to an artist. Whatever 
 the artist may demand,- whether delicacy, sweetness, brilliancy or 
 sonority of tone, staccato, legato or depth of touch, this perfect 
 instrument more than meets these demands, and I am certain 
 that every artist who uses it feels that it still contains possibilities 
 of expression which have not yet been brought to light. 
 
 With best wishes for the continued prosperity of the Steinway 
 piano, I am> Appreciatively yours, 
 
 AUGUSTA COTTLOW. 
 
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 New York, April 13, 1922. 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & Soxs, 
 
 Dear Sirs' It is impossible for me to express in words my 
 admiration for your beautiful pianos. They possess all the quali- 
 ties which encourage true artistry as against mere piano playing. 
 To express one's self musically, one must be only subconscious 
 of one's instrument and this is 'possible only with such superb 
 instruments as yours, responding as. they do to every wish and 
 intention. 
 
 The range of tone is so completely satisfying; one can always 
 be sure that the softest pianissimo will carry and it is possible to 
 build up a great volume of tone which never loses nobility of 
 quality. But, above all, perhaps it is the exquisite singing tone 
 which makes playing on a Steinway piano such a pure joy, 
 
 It is essentially a noble instrument and it has been the crown- 
 ing satisfaction of my first tour in this country that I have had 
 the privilege of playing on your pianos. 
 
 Sincerely and gratefully yours, MYRA HESS.
 
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 CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 1, 1922. 
 
 "There are a few good pianos. Some are better than others 
 but there is only one best and that is the STEINWAY"! 
 
 MARGUERITE MELVILLE-LISZNIEWSKA.
 
 NEW YORK, April 16, 1920. 
 
 270 Riverside Drive, 
 STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: It would require the invention of an entirely new 
 vocabulary to approximately express my admiration for the Stein- 
 way piano. It has for a long time enjoyed a world wide reputa- 
 tion, as an artistic product of the highest order. The first time I 
 ever listened to one of your instruments was in the year of 1868 
 at a concert in Hamburg; it was played by the masterhands of 
 Hans von Billow. The deep impression it made upon me at that 
 occasion, over half a century ago, I still carry with me. 
 
 Yours most sincerely, 
 
 LEOP. AUER.
 
 NEW YORK, November 19, 1913. 
 DEAR MR. STEIN WAY: 
 
 I must reveal to you the innermost emotions of my heart and 
 tell you of the great musical delight your incomparable pianos 
 give me. 
 
 At every concert at which I am accompanied on your piano, I 
 am astounded at the help and assistance your tone quality gives 
 my violin. The absolute blending of tone and harmony that exist 
 between these two marvellous instruments not only gratifies all 
 my musical instincts and incites me to give the best there is in me, 
 but I can feel and see the magnetic and instantaneous effect that 
 it has on my audience. 
 
 Very sincerely yours, 
 
 FRITZ KREISLER.
 
 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 May 26, 1920. 
 
 Gentlemen: Since my first appearance in America in October, 
 1917, I have used the Steinway piano exclusively and with genuine 
 pleasure at all my concerts. It is in my opinion a piece of superb 
 craftsmanship that demonstrates the finest musical possibilities. 
 
 I am happy to add my name to the long list of musicians who 
 have endorsed your instrument and I feel great satisfaction in the 
 many opportunities I have had to become familiar with its qualities. 
 
 Sincerely yours, 
 
 JASCHA HEIFETZ. 
 
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 NEW YORK, November, 1914. 
 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: The best proof that I could give of my admiration 
 for your beautiful pianos lies in the fact that I purchased two 
 Steinway pianos for my home in London. The greatest violinists 
 of the world have so often emphasized the incomparable blending 
 qualities of the Steinway tone with the violin that a reiteration 
 of this fact on my part almost seems superfluous. I esteem it a 
 great privilege to have the use of the Steinway in my recitals, and 
 I wish to convey to you my gratitude for all the courtesies you 
 have extended to me. 
 
 Yours most sincerely, 
 
 MISCHA ELMAN. 
 
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 March 31, 1922. 
 STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: This is just a note of farewell before I leave for 
 the Orient, where I go to make another debut. Under ordinary 
 circumstances, I should be a bit apprehensive, but as I hear I am 
 to have the Steinway piano for my accompaniments, half my 
 uneasiness is removed. 
 
 You already know in what great esteem I have always held 
 your superb, unparalleled instrument. I can only say further that 
 like rare wine it seems to improve with age. 
 
 Cordially yours, 
 
 EFREM ZIMBALIST. 
 
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 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen : Allow me to tell you of my sincere admiration for 
 the achievements past and present of your house. The Steinway 
 piano represents the last word in piano manufacture. The beauty 
 of tone unequalled, the mechanism perfect, it is naturally the 
 standard by which all other pianos are judged. It is my pleasure 
 and pride to be associated exclusively with your house. 
 
 Yours sincerely, 
 
 ALBERT SPALDING. 
 
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 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, CHICAGO, ILL., 1882. 
 
 Dear Sirs: Allow me to express to you the great satisfaction 
 and pleasure that I have experienced from the use of your famous 
 pianos, which you have placed at my disposal during my concert 
 tour now in course of progress in the United States. 
 
 During my artistic career in the art centres of the world, I have 
 used the pianos of nearly all celebrated manufacturers, but none 
 of them can be compared to yours none possess to such a mar- 
 velous degree that sympathetic, poetic, and singing tone quality 
 which distinguishes the Steinway as peerless among them all. 
 Before returning to Europe I shall select and purchase one of 
 your grand pianos for Craig-y-nos Castle, my residence in South 
 Wales. Respectfully yours, 
 
 ADELINA PATTI. 
 
 November 24, 1902. 
 
 Dear Sirs: I beg to thank you for the Steinway piano your 
 house kindly placed at my disposal during my stay in town, and 
 at the same time I have much pleasure in saying that I found the 
 tone richer and more beautiful, owing to the new improvements 
 you have made in the construction of these pianos. 
 
 I am, faithfully yours, ADELINA PATTI, 
 
 (Baroness Cederstrom).
 
 LUDLOW, YONKERS, N. Y., August 26, 1905. 
 
 The Steinway pianos are living beings with hearts and souls. 
 Not only do they inspire the world by their glorious tone, but 
 they share the artist's pleasures and sorrows. How often did I 
 find solace and renewed courage in troubled hours in the heavenly 
 harmonies of my Steinway piano. May it flourish and prosper, 
 an everlasting joy to all feeling mankind. 
 
 ERNESTINE SCHUMANN HEINK. 
 
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 20 West 74th. Street, 
 NEW YORK, April 17, 1920. 
 
 To subscribe my admiration for the Steinway piano is like 
 speaking of a close friend whose constant companionship is a 
 source of joy and inspiration. 
 
 GERALDINE FARRAR.
 
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 3 East 84th. Street, 
 New York City, June 5, 1922. 
 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: I cannot express to you the enormous satisfaction 
 I have had in the use of your pianos, and the great help it has 
 given me in all my concerts. It has been a real pleasure in every 
 concert, and I am very grateful to you. I remain, 
 
 Very sincerely yours, 
 
 LOUISE HOMER.
 
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 To sing with a Steinway is like making music with a good 
 friend. 
 
 MARIA IVOGUN. 
 
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 ARDSLEY, N. Y., June 26, 1906. 
 
 I have just taken a house here at Ardsley, and now am looking 
 forward with great joy to the arrival of my new Steinway piano. 
 After all, there is no other instrument in the world. 
 
 LILLIAN NORDICA. 
 
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 NEW YORK, 1895. 
 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: I have known your pianos from my childhood and 
 have used them wherever obtainable in my artistic career. It 
 gives me great pleasure to say that I prefer them to all others for 
 their marvelous qualities of tone and touch, and I am delighted 
 to add my name to the honored roll of artists, both vocal and 
 instrumental, who have testified to their superlative merits. 
 
 I am, yours faithfully, 
 
 NELLIE MELBA.
 
 
 Mishkin 
 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: Among the privileges which musical artists enjoy 
 is that communion with the art which is made possible by the 
 piano-forte. There can be no truer, warmer, more sympathetic 
 companion than the Steinway. Whether used in its own proper 
 sphere or made to take the place of operatic chorus and orchestra, 
 it is always a wonder and a joy. I am happy to sing the praise of 
 the instrument that has so often sung for me. 
 
 I am, Gentlemen, with sincere admiration, 
 
 Yours respectfully, 
 
 MARCELLA SEMBRICH. 
 NEW YORK, March 21, 1903. 
 
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 July 9, 1919. 
 
 STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: To me, there is only one piano the Steimvay! 
 Its beautiful rich tone almost a living tone is the perfect 
 accompaniment to the human voice. The Steimvay is associated 
 with my career from my earliest girlhood days. It was first a 
 tradition then an inspiration, which it always has been and 
 always will be. 
 
 Yours sincerely, 
 
 FRIEDA HEMPEL. 
 
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 HARRISON, N. Y., April 18, 1922. 
 To MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 I am most happy to give expression of my delight with your 
 piano. To me it is an irreplaceable companion in my artistic 
 work, as it is the only instrument that 'responds to all my moods. 
 For the pleasure and joy it gives me on all occasions, I give you 
 my unbounded thanks. 
 
 MARGARET MATZENAUER. 

 
 MiKhkin 
 
 NEW YORK, 1905. 
 
 I desire to thank you sincerely for the Steinway which you sent 
 to me and which I used with great pleasure during the entire 
 Metropolitan Opera season, New York, of 1905. 
 
 ***** 'pjjg proo f O f w hat I think of your pianos 
 exists in the fact that three years prior to my arrival in America 
 I purchased in Italy for my personal use one of your pianos, with 
 which I am really enchanted.
 
 NEW YORK, November 4, 1915. 
 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: One of the most gratifying features at my con- 
 certs, recitals and tours was the great privilege of using the 
 Steinway piano ; it was a decided support and incentive to me. 
 
 In my estimation the Steinway piano stands unchallenged in its 
 ideal supremacy. 
 
 In speaking in these terms of the Steinway product, I am only 
 repeating what the greatest musicians have so eloquently expressed, 
 but my own experience compels me to give voice to my conviction 
 and I sincerely trust that it may be my good fortune to enjoy the 
 use of these beautiful instruments for the rest of my artistic career. 
 
 With many thanks, believe me, 
 
 Yours very sincerely, 
 
 JOHN McCORMACK. 
 
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 2222 Andrews Avenue, 
 New York. 
 
 June 6, 1922. 
 
 STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen : Permit me to express my appreciation of the Stein- 
 way. During the past season of eighty concerts I have used it 
 from coast to coast and have found it a never-failing source of 
 joy as an accompanying instrument. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 .REINALD WERRENRATH. 
 
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 GARLAND'S HOTEL, 
 SUFFOLK STREET, PALL MALL, S. W. 1, 
 
 LONDON, ENGLAND. 
 STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen. After having used the Steinway piano for many 
 years, I wish to say that it is not only the standard of merit, 
 but for beauty, brilliancy and distinction of tone it is without 
 a peer. 
 
 Ever cordially yours, 
 
 EMILIO DE GOGORZA.
 
 MESSRS STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 May 17, 1922. 
 
 Dear Sirs: It is with the greatest pleasure that I add my testi- 
 mony to the virtues of your instruments. 
 
 For very nearly seven years in America, it has been my delight 
 to have a Steinway piano for my accompaniments at my recitals, 
 and in all that time it is a remarkable fact that I have found no 
 single piano that has not been of the most satisfying excellence. 
 
 For accompaniments your instruments are without rival ; soft- 
 toned yet brilliant; glowing yet not metallic; capable of the most 
 forced dynamics and the most exquisite pianissimos. 
 
 I consider the modern singer a very happy individual to have 
 such a superb companion possible for his art. 
 
 I remain, 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 LOUIS GRAVEURE.
 
 NEW YORK, 1894. 
 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Your magnificent piano, which we have used during our 
 tournee in America, is in every respect a truly remarkable instru- 
 ment. We take real pleasure in stating these facts. 
 
 JEAN DE RESZKE. 
 EDOUARD DE RESZKE.
 
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 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: We leave for Europe to-morrow morning and 
 shall be in London in June for the spring season of opera. Would 
 you kindly instruct your London house to have pianos ready for 
 our use there at that time ? 
 
 We take this occasion to thank you for courtesies extended, and 
 to say that, while circumstances have sometimes rendered the 
 temporary use of other instruments necessary, our preference, 
 conviction, and artistic judgment have been and are for your 
 superb masterworks only. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 JEAN DE RESZKE. 
 EDOUARD DE RESZKE. 
 
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 NEW YORK, January 5, 1909. 
 MESSRS. STEIN WAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: In our efforts towards perfect ensemble we believe 
 not only in unanimity of musical conception, but in the blending 
 of the piano tone with that of the violin, and we have found that 
 the Steimvay piano, with its wonderful singing tone and the sus- 
 taining quality of its bass, is the ideal instrument to attain that 
 end. To the musician who is true to his art the Steinway piano 
 is of immeasurable help. 
 
 Yours sincerely, 
 
 CLARA AND DAVID MANNES. 
 
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 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 It has always been my motto in life to have the best procurable 
 in the market. My sense of tone color directed me to select a 
 Steimvay as the most beautiful of pianos. 
 
 Were a greater degree of excellence to be found in any other 
 piano than that made by Steinway & Sons, I should consider that 
 honesty to myself would demand such recognition. The Stein- 
 way piano to my mind stands alone in the world, perfect in all 
 respects. 
 
 January 27, 1906 HARRY ROWE SHELLEY 
 
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 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 
 
 5 Berkeley Place, 
 CAMBRIDGE, MASS. December 5, 1905. 
 MESSRS. STEIN WAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: During the last twenty years I have often played 
 upon piano-fortes of all the standard makers, both in Europe and 
 America, and I am convinced that the Steinway is the best piano- 
 forte made. This is not to say that there are no other good 
 piano-fortes; there are but in my opinion, for melodic richness 
 and singing quality of tone and for sympathetic response and even- 
 ness of action, the Steinway is incomparably the best. 
 
 This is proved by the frequent reference on the part of the 
 public to the "Steinway tone," which is a definite quality, as easily 
 recognized and as much the product of artistic endeavor as the 
 coloring of a Titian or the atmosphere of a Corot or a Monet. 
 
 In fact, a Steinway piano-forte, like a fine violin, is a work of 
 art, and under the hands of an artist will always respond to what- 
 ever demands a musical nature may make upon it. 
 
 With best wishes for the continued supremacy of the Steinway 
 piano-forte, I remain, 
 
 Sincerely yours, WALTER SPALDING, 
 
 Professor Harvard University. 
 
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 INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL ART OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. 
 
 FRANK DAMROSCH, Director. 
 53 FIFTH AVENUE, CORNER 12TH STREET. 
 
 NEW YORK, May 26, 1906. 
 MESSRS. STEIN WAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen: Whenever I am asked my opinion about the Stein- 
 way piano, I simply state the fact that, being at liberty to equip 
 the Institute of Musical Art with anything that seemed best to 
 me, I purchased ten Steinways, and have not yet regretted my 
 purchase. Actions speak louder than words. 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 FRANK DAMROSCH, 
 
 Director. 
 
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 PEABODY CONSERVATORY OF Music. 
 * * What is there left to say of the Stemway 
 pianos? The whole world is practically agreed that they have 
 no rivals. For my own part I never lay my hands upon one of 
 these exquisitely toned instruments without feeling and often 
 exclaiming aloud, "Bless God for the Steinway piano." 
 Believe me, 
 
 Very sincerely yours, 
 
 HAROLD RANDOLPH, 
 
 Director of Music, 
 Peabody Conservatory of Music, 
 
 Baltimore, Md. 
 BALTIMORE, December 16, 1905.
 
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 ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, June 2, 1890 
 
 STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen I have decided to keep your grand piano. For 
 some reason unknown to me it gives better results than any so far 
 tried. Please send bill with lowest price. 
 
 Yours, 
 
 THOMAS A. EDISON
 
 May 17, 1906. 
 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Dear Sirs: 
 
 I am happy to-day in having seen the "birthplace" of the piano- 
 forte in the possession of which I take so much pride, and which 
 gives me such great and lasting pleasure to play upon. 
 
 EDWARD ELGAR.
 
 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 Dear Sirs: 
 
 I think that the piano which you have sent me to my house on 
 Thursday last is simply glorious and I cannot thank you enough 
 for it. In one way it is a very bad thing for me, as I sit and fool 
 away much valuable time caressing the keys and "wooing them 
 with Lydian strains," when I should be doing other things. 
 
 With best greetings, 
 
 Yours as always, 
 
 WALTER DAMROSCH. 
 
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 SAVOY HOTEL, 
 NEW YORK, April 9, 1912. 
 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS 
 
 Gentlemen: It is my pleasant duty, prior to my departure for 
 Europe, where 1 shall spend my vacation, to thank you most 
 heartily for placing at my disposal one of your grand pianos. 
 This wonderful instrument was to me a faithful helpmate in my 
 studies. More than ever have I realized in New York that no 
 other grand piano in the wide world can be compared to the 
 Steinway. I hope to secure the same instrument when I return. 
 
 Auf f rohes Wiedersehen ! 
 
 With cordial greetings and repeated thanks, 
 
 Your always devoted, 
 
 JOSEF STRANSKY, 
 Conductor N. Y. Philharmonic Orchestra. 

 
 MESSRS. STEIN WAY & Soxs, 
 
 NAAMLOOZE VENNOOTSCHAP. 
 
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 Amsterdam. 
 
 Dear Sirs: 
 
 During my youthhood already the name "Steimvay piano" had 
 as fantastic and fascinating suggestion to me as that of the 
 "Stradivarius violin." Both, indeed, were considered as the very 
 best with regard to instruments. 
 
 Since, during my long musical career, I had the pleasure and 
 opportunity to observe their equal superiority. But, whereas the 
 Stradivarius only can boast of an old and closed past, the Stein- 
 way with all perspectives on a yet always more brilliant' future 
 and the constantly amazing wonders of a perfectionated technic 
 rejoices the delights of this day's freshness and youth. 
 
 The personal enjoyments given to me during all these years 
 by Steimvay grands are hardly to be brought under words. 
 
 WILLEM MENGELBERG. 
 AMSTERDAM, June 12, 1922.
 
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 MUNICH, August, 1913. 
 
 The Steinway Piano is a masterpiece. 
 
 While recognizing the many excellent qualities of the leading 
 pianos of Germany, France and America, it is my conviction that 
 the Steinway has attained the highest degree of perfection and 
 stands unequaled. 
 
 LEOPOLD STOKOVVSKI 
 
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 NEW YORK, June 11, 1906. 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & Soxs, 
 
 Gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure to state that in all my 
 experience as an orchestral conductor no piano played at any of 
 my concerts gave me such thorough satisfaction and personal 
 repose as the Steinway, owing to its unequaled musical beauty, 
 power and purity of tone. 
 
 I wish to congratulate you most heartily and sincerely upon 
 your undisputed success in having attained and maintained such a 
 high standard in the piano-maker's craft, which I know has been 
 the ideal of your house ever since its foundation. 
 
 No doubt every possessor of one of your instruments is as proud 
 as I am to be able to add my name to the long array of eminent 
 musicians who have testified to the honor which you have so 
 worthily earned. 
 
 Very sincerely yours, 
 
 VICTOR HERBERT. 
 

 
 
 THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
 FREDERICK A. STOCK, Conductor 
 
 STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 May 9, 1922. 
 
 Gentlemen: It affords me pleasure to be one of a great many 
 who are singing hymns of praise and admiration for your wonder- 
 ful instruments. There never has been in the history of the 
 world another musical instrument upon which so much praise 
 has been lavished. The merits of the Steinway are unexcelled 
 and its perfection stands unrivaled. 
 
 Congratulating you upon this marvelous achievement, and with 
 assurances of my highest esteem, I remain. 
 Ever sincerely yours, 
 
 FREDERICK A. STOCK.
 
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 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 
 
 SAN FRANCISCO, April, 1922. 
 MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 Dear Sirs: 
 
 I am using the Steimvay piano now for many years and am 
 enjoying its superior qualities so much that I cannot imagine how 
 I ever could get along without one. It is like a good friend of 
 whom you get fonder the more you know him. 
 
 ALFRED HERTZ. 
 
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 STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Gentlemen To my thinking the "STEINWAY" stands 
 alone like Beethoven among the composers "Incomparable!" 
 
 WALTER HENRY ROTHWELL. 
 
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 CINCINNATI, OHIO, May 1, 1922. 
 
 A Steinvvay piano under the hands of a pianist is absolutely 
 like a Stradivarius in the hands of a violinist ; one cannot desire 
 anything better. 
 
 E. YSAYE.
 
 February 20, 1905. 
 
 To MESSRS. STEINWAY & SONS, 
 
 Steinway grands have reached a degree of perfection which can 
 hardly be surpassed. Their tonal beauty and the nobility of their 
 harmonious and even tone quality cannot be excelled. 
 
 FELIX WEINGARTNER. 
 
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 NEW YORK, March 3, 1904. 
 MESSRS. STEIXWAY & SONS, 
 
 But what can I say about your wonderful 
 pianos that has not been said hundreds of times before by the 
 greatest of musicians and masters? The superb tonal qualities 
 and perfection of mechanism of your instruments have had such a 
 fascinating effect on my musical feelings that for the first time in 
 many years I am drawn irresistibly again and again to my Stein- 
 way to indulge in improvising and musical inspirations, although 
 I lay no claim to being a pianist. In accompanying my wife in her 
 song recitals, it is a constant source of pleasure to me to note the 
 remarkable sustaining and blending qualities of the tone of your 
 piano, which certainly are a great aid and benefit to the singer. 
 With sincerest regards, 
 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 DR. RICHARD STRAUSS.
 
 
 Some of the 
 
 EMINENT MUSICAL ARTISTS 
 
 who have used and prefer to use Steinway & Sons' Piano-fortes, 
 
 and have addressed complimentary letters to our House, 
 
 which are valued by us as honorary distinctions. 
 
 ABT, FRANZ, Germany. 
 
 ACKTE, AINO, Russia. 
 
 ALDA, FRANCES, United States. 
 
 ARDITI, SIGNOR LUIGI, London. 
 
 ARNOLDSON, SIGRID. 
 
 ASANTCHEWSKY, M. VON, Russia. 
 
 AUBER, D. F. E., France. 
 
 AUER, LEOPOLD, Russia. 
 
 Aus DER OHE, Miss ADELE, Berlin. 
 
 BENDEL, FRANZ, Germany. 
 BERGE, DR. WILLIAM, United States. 
 BERGMANN, CARL, United States. 
 BERGNER, FREDERICK, United States. 
 BERLIOZ, HECTOR, France. 
 BERNARD, M., France. 
 BIEDERMANN, JULIUS, United States. 
 BILLET, ALEXANDER, Switzerland. 
 .BOEKELMAN, BERNHARDus, United States. 
 BOGUSLAWSKI, MOSES, United States. 
 BONAWITZ, JOHANN HEINRICH, Germany. 
 BOSCOVITZ, FREDERICK, United States. 
 BoSffC. V., Holland. 
 BOWMAN, E. M., United States. 
 BOYLE, GEORGE F., United States. 
 BOYLE, WINIFRED, United States. 
 BRAGA, GAETANO, France. 
 BRANDEIS, FREDERICK, United States. 
 BRARD, MAGDALAINE, France. 
 BREUNING, F. VON, United States. 
 BRONSART, INGEBORG VON, Germany. 
 BUCK, DUDLEY, United States. 
 BURNHAM, THUEL, United States. 
 BUSONI, FERRUCCIO B., Germany. 
 BUSSMEYER, HUGO, Brazil. 
 BUTT, CLARA, England. 
 BYRD, WINIFRED, United States. 
 
 CALVE, EMMA, Paris. 
 CARRENO, TERESA, France. 
 CERVANTES, IGNAZIO, Cuba. 
 CHEATHAM, KITTY, United States. 
 CHITTENDEN, KATE S., United States. 
 CLAUSS-CZAVARDI, MAD. W., France. 
 COMETTANT, OSCAR, France. 
 CONSTANTINO, F., Spain. 
 CORNELL, Louis, United States. 
 CORTOT, ALFRED, France. 
 COTTLOW, AUGUSTA, United States. 
 CUTLER, DR. HENRY L., United States. 
 
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 D'ALBERT, EuGENj Germany. 
 
 DAMROSCH, FRANK, United Slates. 
 
 DAMROSCH, DR. LEOPOLD, United States. 
 
 DAMROSCH, WALTER, New York. 
 
 DANXREUTHER, EDWARD, England. 
 
 DAVID, FELICIEN, France. 
 
 DE FONTAINE, MORTIER, France. 
 
 DELAHAYE, AUGUSTE, France. 
 
 DE LUSSAN, ZELIE, London. 
 
 DE MEYER, LEOPOLD, Austria. 
 
 DENCK, JOSEPH HART, United States. 
 
 DE PACHMANN, VLADIMIR, United States. 
 
 DE RESZKE, EDOUARD. 
 
 DE RESZKE, JEAN. 
 
 DEYO, RUTH LYNDA, United States. 
 
 DIEMER, Louis, France. 
 
 DIPPEL, A., Germany. 
 
 DORE, GUSTAVE, France. 
 
 DORN, HEINRICH, Germany. 
 
 DREYSCHOCK, ALEXANDER, Russia. 
 
 Du CARP, MAGDALAINE, France. 
 
 DUCKWITZ, DOROTHY MILLER, United States. 
 
 EAMES STORY, EMMA, Paris. 
 EISFELD, THEODORE, Germany. 
 ELGAR, SIR EDWARD, England. 
 ELMAN, MISCHA, Russia. 
 ELWART, A., France. 
 EHRLICH, A., Germany. 
 ESSIPOFF, MME. ANN ETTA, Russia. 
 
 FAIST, H., Germany. 
 FARRAR, G., United States. 
 FARREN, ADELINA PADOVANI DE, Italy. 
 FIEDLER, MAX, Germany. 
 FISSOT, HENRY, France. 
 FLORIGNY, RENEE, France. 
 FREMSTAD, OLIVE, United States. 
 FRIEDBERG, CARL, Germany. 
 FRIEDHEIM, ARTHUR, Germany. 
 FRIEDLANDER, MAX, Germany. 
 FRIEDMAN, IGNAZ, Poland. 
 
 FUENTE, H. DE LA, Italy. 
 
 GADSKI-TAUSCHER, JOHANNA, Germany. 
 GALLI-CURCI, AMELITA, United States. 
 GALSTON, GOTTFRIED, Germany. 
 GANZ, RUDOLPH, Switzerland. 
 GARDEN, MARY, United States. 
 GAUL, CECILIA, United States. 
 GAUTHIER, EVA, United States. 
 GERHARDT, ELENA, Germany. 
 GERICKE, WILHELM, United States. 
 GERSTER, MME. ETELKA, Germany. 
 GEVAERT, F. A., Belgium. 
 GODDARD, MME. ARABELLA, England. 
 GOLDBECK, ROBERT, United States. 
 DE GOGORZA, E MIL 10, United States.
 
 GOODSON, CATHERINE, England. 
 GOUNOD, CHARLES, France. 
 GRAEVER-JOHNSON, MME., Belgium. 
 GRAINGER, PERCY, Australia. 
 GRAVEURE, Louis, Belgium. 
 GUION, EMIL, United States. 
 
 HACKETT, ARTHUR, United States. 
 HAROLD, HENRY, United States. 
 HARTMANN, F., United States. 
 HAUK, MME. MINNIE, Germany. 
 HEGNER, OTTO, Switzerland. 
 I HEIFETZ, JASCHA, Russia. 
 
 HELLER, ROBERT, United States. 
 
 HELLER, STEPHEN, France. 
 
 HELMHOLTZ, PROF. H. VON, Germany. 
 
 HEMPEL, FRIEDA, United States. 
 
 HENSELT, ADOLPHE, Russia. 
 
 HERBERT, VICTOR, United States. 
 
 HERTZ, ALFRED, United States 
 
 HESS, MYRA, England. 
 
 HEUGEL, HENRY, France. 
 
 HEYMAN, KATHERINE RUTH, United States. 
 
 HILL, U. C., United States. 
 
 HOFFMANN, EDWARD, United States. 
 
 HOFMANN, JOSEF, New York. 
 
 HOHNSTOCK, CARL, Germany. 
 
 HOMER, LOUISE, United States. 
 
 Huss, HENRY HOLDEN, United States. 
 
 HUTCHESON, ERNEST, United States. 
 
 INTEN, FERDINAND VON, United States. 
 IVOGUN, MARIA, Hungary 
 
 JAELL, ALFRED, France. 
 JAMESON, J. S., United States. 
 JANOTHA, MLLE., London. 
 JOACHIM, DR. JOSEPH, Germany. 
 JONAS, ALBERTO, United States. 
 JOSEFFY, RAFAEL, New York. 
 JUCH, EMMA, New York. 
 
 KALIWODA, W., Germany. 
 KETTERER, EUGENE, France. 
 KHARUM, M., United States. 
 KLAUSER, KARL, United States. 
 KLEIN, BRUNO OSCAR, United States. 
 KOCHANSKI, PAUL, Poland. 
 KREBS, MLLE. MARIE, Germany. 
 KREISLER, FRITZ, Austria. 
 KREISSMANN, AUGUST, United States. 
 KRUEGER, WILHELM, Germany. 
 KULLAK, DR. THEODOR, Germany. 
 KUNWALD, DR. ERNEST, Austria. 
 
 LACK, France. 
 LACOMBE, Louis, France. 
 LAMBERT, ALEXANDER, United States. 
 LANG, B. J., United States. 
 
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 LAXGENHAN, CHRISTIXE, Germany. 
 
 LASARE, MARTIX, Belgium. 
 
 LASSALLE, JEAN, Paris. 
 
 LAVIGXAC, France. 
 
 LAZZARI, CAROLINE, United States. 
 
 LEBERT, PROFESSOR, Germany. 
 
 LEFEBVRE-WELY, H., France. 
 
 LEGIXSKA, ETHEL, England. 
 
 LEHMAXN, MME. LILLI, Berlin. 
 
 LESCHETIZKY, PROFESSOR, Austria. 
 
 LEVITZKI, M., Russia. 
 
 LEWIXG, ADELE, United States. 
 
 LHEVINNE, JOSEF, Russia. 
 
 LIEBLING, MAX, United States. 
 
 LIEBLIXG, S., United States. 
 
 LINN, KATHERINE C., United States. 
 
 LISZNIEWSKA, MME. M. M., United States. 
 
 LISZT, DR. FRANZ, Hungary. 
 
 LUCKHARDT, Miss LINA, United States. 
 
 MACDOWELL, EDWARD, New York. 
 
 MAGNUS, D., France. 
 
 MAHLER, GUSTAV, Germany. 
 
 MAILLET, E., France. 
 
 MAXCIXELLI, LUIGI, Italy. 
 
 MAXXES, CLARA and DAVID, United States. 
 
 MAXNS, JEAX, United States. 
 
 MARMOXTEL, A., France. 
 
 MARTIX, MLLE. JOSEPHINE, France. 
 
 MASOX, DR. WILLIAM, United States. 
 
 MATZEXAUER, MARGARET, United States. 
 
 MCCORMACK, JOHN, United States. 
 
 MCDOWELL, MRS. EDWARD, United States. 
 
 MCFARLAXE, GEORGE, United States. 
 
 MCFADYEX, ALEXAXDER, United States. 
 
 MEHLIG, Miss AXXA, Germany. 
 
 MELBA, NELLIE, Paris. 
 
 MEXGELBERG, WILLEM, Holland. 
 
 MEXTER, MME. SOFIE, Germany. 
 
 MERO, YOLAXDA, United States. 
 
 MILLS, S. B., United States. 
 
 MILLS, WM. F., United States. 
 
 MORGAN, GEO. W., United States. 
 
 MOSCHELES, J., Germany. 
 
 MOSEXTHAL, JOSEPH, United States. 
 
 Muzio, E., United States. 
 
 NAPOI.EOX, ARTHUR, Portugal. 
 NASH, FRAXCES, United Stales. 
 NELLIS, DAISY, United States. 
 NEUEXDORFF, ADOLF, Ne<w York. 
 NEUHAUS, ESTELLA, United States. 
 NEVADA-PALMER, EMMA, United States. 
 NIEMAXX, ALBERT, Berlin. 
 NIKISCH, ARTHUR, Leipzig. 
 NORDICA, LILLIAN, London. 
 NOVAES, G., Brazil. 
 
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 PADEREWSKI, IGNACE, J., Poland. 
 PAINE, JOHN K., United States. 
 PAPE, WILLIE B., England. 
 PAREPA-ROSA, MME. E., England. 
 PATTI, MME. ADELINA, England. 
 PATTISON, JOHN N., United States. 
 PAUER, MAX, Germany. 
 PAUR, AGRIOL, United States. 
 PECKER, WILLIAM, United States. 
 PEARSON, PROFESSOR, United States. 
 PEASE, ALFRED H., United States. 
 PINNER, MAX, Germany. 
 PLAIDY, Louis, Germany. 
 POHLIG, CARL, Germany. 
 POWELL, ALMA WEBSTER, United States. 
 POWELL, JOHN, United States. 
 POWELL, MAUD, United States. 
 PROKOFIEFF, SERGEI, Russia. 
 PRUCKNER, DIONYS, Germany. 
 
 RACHMANINOFF, SERGEI, Russia. 
 
 RANDEGGER, G. ALDO, Italy. 
 
 RANDOLPH, HAROLD, United States. 
 
 RAVINA, HENRY, France. 
 
 REGER, PROF. MAX, Germany. 
 
 REINECKE, CARL, Germany. 
 
 REMMERTZ, MARTHA, Germany. 
 
 RENARD, ROSITA, Chile. 
 
 RICHTER, CARL, Germany. 
 
 RITTER, FREDERIC Louis, United States. 
 
 RITTER, THEODORE, France. 
 
 ROSEN, MAX, Russia. 
 
 ROSENBLATT, JOSEPH, Russia. 
 
 ROSE NTH AL, MORIZ, Vienna, Austria. 
 
 ROSING, V., Poland. 
 
 ROTHWELL, W. H., United States. 
 
 RUBINSTEIN, ANTON, Russia. 
 
 RUBINSTEIN, ARTHUR, Russia. 
 
 RUBINSTEIN, NICHOLAS, Russia. 
 
 RUMMEL, FRANZ, New York. 
 
 RYBNER, PROF. DR. CORNELIUS., United States. 
 
 SAAR, WILLIAM, United States. 
 SAINT-SAENS, CAMILLE, France. 
 SAMAROFF, OLGA, United States. 
 SANFORD, SAMUEL S., United States. 
 SAPIRSTEIN, DAVID, United States. 
 SCALCHI, MME. SOFIA, Italy. 
 SCHARFENBERG, WILLIAM, United States. 
 SCHEEL, FRITZ, United States. 
 SCHELLING, ERNEST, United States. 
 SCHILLER, MME. MADELINE, United States. 
 SCHOOLER, DAVID, United States. 
 SCHUMANN-HEINK, ERNESTINE, United States. 
 SEIDL, ANTON, New York. 
 SEIDL, TOSCHA, Russia. 
 SEMBRICH, MARCELLA, Austria. 
 
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 SHATTUCK, ARTHUR, United States. 
 
 SHELLEY, HARRY ROWE, United States. 
 
 SILOTI, ALEXANDER, Russia. 
 
 SOUSA, JOHN PHILIP, New York. 
 
 SPALDING, ALBERT, United States. 
 
 SPALDING, W., United States. 
 
 STEINBACH, FRITZ, Germany. 
 
 STERLING, MME. ANTOINETTE, United States. 
 
 STIGELLI, GIORGIO, Germany. 
 
 STOEGER, ERNEST, France. 
 
 STOJOWSKI, SIGISMUND, Poland. 
 
 STOKOWSKI, LEOPOLD, United Stales. 
 
 STRACCIARI, RICCARDO, Italy. 
 
 STRANSKY, JOSEF, Austria. 
 
 STRAUSS, DR. RICHARD, Germany. 
 
 TAUBERT, WILHELM, Germany. 
 TELLEFSEN, THOMAS, Sweden. 
 TERNINA, MILKA, Germany. 
 THOMAS, AMBROISE, France. 
 THOMAS, THEODORE, United States. 
 TIMM, HENRY C., United States. 
 TITIENS, MME. TERESA, England. 
 TOPP, Miss ALIDA, Germany. 
 TRAUTMANN-JAELL, MME. MARIE, France. 
 TREBELLI, MME. ZELIE, London. 
 
 VIEUXTEMPS, HENRY, Belgium. 
 VIGNAS, FRANCISCO, Italy. 
 VOGT, JEAN, Germany. 
 VON BOOM, I., Sweden. 
 
 WAGNER, RICHARD, Germany. 
 
 WALKER, EDYTH, Germany. 
 
 WALLACE, WM. VINCENT, United States. 
 
 WARREN, SAMUEL P., United States. 
 
 WEIKERT, CONSTANTIN, United States. 
 
 WEINGARTNER, FELIX, Germany. 
 
 WELS, CHAS., United States. 
 
 WEINGE, OSCAR, United States. 
 
 WERRENRATH, REINALD, United States. 
 
 WHITE, JOSEPH, Cuba. 
 
 WHITEHILL, CLARENCE, United States. 
 
 WHITING, ARTHUR, United States. 
 
 WICHMANN, Miss, Sweden. 
 
 WIENIAWSKI, HENRY, Belgium. 
 
 WIENIAWSKI, JOSEPH, Russia. 
 
 WILLMERS, RUDOLPH, Austria. 
 
 WILSON, Miss MARGARET, United States. 
 
 WOLFSOHN, CARL, United States. 
 
 WOLLENHAUPT, BRUNO, United States. 
 
 WOLLENHAUNT, HERMANN A., United States. 
 
 YSAYE, EUGENE, Belgium. 
 
 ZEISLER, FANNIE BLOOMFIELD, United Statet. 
 ZIMBALIST, EFREM, Russia. 
 ZUNDEL, JOHN, United States. 
 
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 Steinway 
 Royal Appointments 
 
 By royal warrant, Steinway & Sons have 
 been appointed pianomakers to these sover- 
 eigns and their courts : 
 
 His Majesty, George V., King of Great Britain 
 
 and Emperor of India. 
 Her Majesty, Mary, Queen of Great Britain and 
 
 Empress of India. 
 His Majesty, Edward VII. , King of Great Britain 
 
 and Emperor of India. 
 Her Majesty, Alexandra, Queen of Great Britain 
 
 and Empress of India. 
 Her Majesty, Victoria, Queen of England and 
 
 Empress of India. 
 
 His Majesty, Alfonso XIII., King of Spain. 
 His Majesty, Gustaf V., King of Sweden. 
 
 His Majesty, Oscar II., King of Sweden and 
 Norway. 
 
 His Majesty, Charles, King of Roumania. 
 
 Their Majesties, Albert and Elizabeth, King and 
 
 Queen of the Belgians. 
 His Majesty, Umberto I., King of Italy. 
 His Majesty, Mousaffer-ed-Din, Shah of Persia. 
 Her Majesty, Maria Christina, Queen Regent of 
 
 Spain. 
 
 Her Majesty, Maud, Queen of Norway. 
 
 Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess 
 
 of Wales. 
 
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 His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh. 
 
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 Salesrooms and General Offices 
 
 Steinway Hall 
 
 107 & 109 East 14th Street New York City 
 
 Factories 
 
 Case-making Plant, Foundry and Lumber Yard, 
 Foot of Riker Avenue; 
 
 Assembling and Finishing Plant, 
 Ditmars Avenue, 
 
 Steinway, Borough of Queens, New York City. 
 
 American Branches 
 
 Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Columbus, Dayton, Charleston, 
 W. Va., Huntington, W. Va. 
 
 European Branches 
 
 England 
 
 London, 
 
 Steinway Hall, 
 
 15 & 17 Lower Seymour Street 
 
 Germany 
 
 Hamburg 
 
 Factories: Schanzenstrasse 20-24 
 Salesrooms: Jungfernstieg 34 
 
 Berlin 
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