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New Orleans, May 29, 1885.
MR.
LOUIS
New Orleans,
GRUNEWALD,
Agent of Messrs.
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STEIN WAY
SONS,
New York.
Dear Sir: In making our official report as yurors of Group 8, Class 808, on mtisical
instruments, we deeply regj'etted the fact of being debarred to express our opinion on the ex-
quisite display of several magnificent Steinway pianos at yottr beautiful exhibit at our
Exposition; but as they were not entered for competition, and only for exhibition, we had to
abide by our instructions and ignore them as well as other makers for above reasons.
As professional artists, however, we feel it our sacred duty to express to you, unsolicited,
our great admiration for the Steinway pianos, which we consider the beau ideal of a perfect
instrument, combining in its great mechanical construction all those eminent qualities of touch,
sympathetic and singing qualities of tone, brilliancy, power, etc., which render them more than
dear to any artist or amateur who loves music as produced on any of these wonderful and, we
think, unsurpassed pianos.
Had the Steinway been entered for competition, our work, in place of being anything but easy
and pleasant, would have become a labor of love, and instantaneously resulted in our conferring
the "highest awards" possible to the Steinways. We write this after having individually
expressed ourselves in mutual conversation, and tender this as a tribute to a firm which has
done so much to elevate true musical art in this country, and which has the good fortune to be
represented in our section by you, Mr. Grunewald, to whom we beg to tender our assurances of
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personal esteem and best wishes for future success, H
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PILCHER.