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Drawn from life in 1876
THE HAliDS OF JCISZT
' ANDS that caressed the keys of the piano, drawing from the instrument
the sobbing beauty of a nocturne or awakening Jovian thunders of tonal
splendor. Sensitive hands, that express in their vital beauty the nobility
iind poetry of one of the greatest pianists the world has ever known.
Liszt's association with the Chickering is one of happy memory for Chickering
& Sons. The Chickerings used by Liszt are today treasured mementos of his
career at the Royal Conservatory at Budapest. And at the home cf the great
pianist at Weimar, preserved intact as when he lived in it, the Chickering he
loved is in its place in the silent Music Room of the master. It was of these
pianos that Liszt wrote the most convincing and significant testimonial ever
given to any piano maker:
"To be just I must declare them perfect, and perfectissimes ^superlatively
perfect).
There is np quality which is foreign to them. Your instruments possess
in the supreme degree nobility arwj power of tone, elasticity and security
of the touch, harmony, brilliancy, solidity, charms and prestige; and thus
offer a harmonius ensemble of perfections, to the exclusion of all defects."
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