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Presto

Issue: 1923 1938 - Page 2

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PRESTO
September 15, 1923
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(Translation)
SACRED PONTIFICAL PALACE
His Holiness Pope Pius XI, desiring
to show his highest consideration for
The Baldwin Piano Company, of Cin-
cinnati (Ohio, U.S.A.), has benevo-
lently deigned to confer upon them the
title of
Purveyors to the Holy See
with the privilege to place upon their
product the Seal of the Holy See.
(Signed) R. DE SAMPER,
Majordome to His Holiness
Prefect of the Sacred Pontifical Palace.
Vatican, Rome, Italy.
(Translation)
PONTIFICIA SCUOLA SUPERIORE
Dl MUSICA SACRA
I have received from His Holiness Pope Pius XI
the honorable and pleasant commission to ex-
press to your esteemed House His highest appre-
ciation for the splendid Piano shipped to the
Pontifical Graduate School of Church Music.
I am also pleased to advise that His Holiness
has conferred upon your House the title of Pur-
veyor to the Holy See, with the privilege to place
the Seal of the Holy See on your product.
Furthermore, His Holiness, desiring to show
his personal satisfaction, has added thereto the
special award of a gold medal.
The Pontifical Graduate School of Church
Music, in recognition of this remarkabl" piano,
which has already been placed in the large
Academical Hall of the School, next to the great
Concert Organ, tenders to The Baldwin Piano
Company an Honorary Diploma.
I beg to extend to your esteemed House my
most sincere thanks and most fervent admiration.
PONTIFICAL GRADUATE SCHOOL
OF CHURCH MUSIC IN ROME
THE PONTIFICAL SCHOOL here-
by expresses its satisfaction and admi-
ration for THE BALDWIN PIANO
COMPANY, who on this side of the
Atlantic enjoy the reputation of great
manufacturers.
(Signed)
GAETANO CARD. BISLETI,
(Signed)
Protector
D. PAOLO M. AB. FERRETTI,
O. S. B., President
Rome, Italy.
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