PRESTO-TIMES
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N U M B E R 2269
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49TH YEAR
TEINWAY SUPREMACY
STEINWAY LEADERSHIP IN THE MAKING OF FINE PIANOS
HAS EXISTED SINCE THE EARLY DAYS OF THE INDUSTRY
WHAT AN HONOR TO
BE ABLE TO SAY:
STEINWAY PRESTIGE
IS
WORLD-WIDE
"My child's piano is one
such as Liszt, Wagner, Rub-
instein used and Paderewski
now uses."
It is an Honor to Own a
Steinway.
PADEREWSKI
PADEREWSKI TO STEINWAY & SONS
A Remarkable Testimonial
CO
£
Letter
Steinway & Sons,
New York, N. Y.
Gentlemen: The supreme qualities of your instruments have been
for many years universally recognized. Public and individuals, amateurs
and artists, have been looking upon your pianos as upon a standard of
perfection. Whenever perfection is attained, 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 de-
voted to his profession: young men inherit fame and fortune, general
respect and universal recognition most legitimately acquired by the genius,
industry and honest, persistent labor of their illustrious forefathers. In-
stead of simply enjoying life, instead of dwelling passively upon the
golden ancestral 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 profes-
sion, 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.
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