Presto

Issue: 1939 2285

MUSIC TIMES
AMERICAN
NUMBER
MUSIC
TRADE
AND
FOUNDED 1881
INDUSTRIES
JOURNAL
FEBRUARY i 9 3 9
Artist's Drawing of the $350,000 Music Hall at the Nezv York World's Fair (see page 8)
IN THIS ISSUE: Music at the New York World's Fair • Treasure Isle's Magic
City • Music as a Vital Factor in Education • Mysteries of Sound • Music Dealers
Who Are Doing Things • Manufacturers Point the Way • News and Notes.
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A NEW STEINWAY...THE PIANINO...FOR ONLY $550
A FULL
7h
OCTAVE VERTICAL
PIANO
An important announcement by contrived methods of manufacture
which permit the low price.
Steinway & Sons, of great
For all its size, the Pianino has an
amazing
tone. It is a considerable
interest to every lover of music.
achievement, as musicians are quite
aware, to obtain a small piano with
a full and resonant voice. Yet this
For a price lower than you thought
you would ever have to pay for a piano has it. The action is direct,
and offers a responsiveness entirely
fine piano . . . $550 . . . you can
now own the new Steinway Pianino! new in an instrument so small.
This beautiful instrument has been
The excellence of the Pianino's
built to satisfy the many demands for
construction is evident at a glance.
a small Steinway. It is priced so low
Carving, tooling and joining speak
only because Steinway, after many
of a craftsman's hands. Keys, action,
years of research and experiment, has sounding-board, strings—all parts are
of superior materials. It is a full-scale
piano—73^ octaves.
We confidently expect the Pianino
to be one of the most popular instru-
ments we have ever built. There are
two finishes: the mahogany, $550,
and the walnut, $575. . . . Discover
the Steinway Pianino soon!
THE N E W
S T E I N W A Y
P I A N I N O
IS
O N L Y
There is a Steinway dealer near you,
through whom you may purchase
the new Steinway. Liberal terms F O B . N Y C .
for instalment payments. No carrying or other
charges—only interest on unpaid balance. Used
pianos are accepted in partial exchange. Prices of
the Steinway Grand piano begin at $885. . . .
Steinway & Sons, Steinway Hall, 109 West 57th
Street, New York City, just west of Sixth Avenue.
'550
STEINWAY
THE
INSTRUMENT
OF THE
IMMORTALS
One of a series of advertisements on the new Steinway Pianino now running in national publications.
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