Presto

i^ighty-seven Years in the Service of the Music Trade and Industry
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Rachmaninoff says: "Z have flayed
my works for the Ampico exclusively
because of its absolute faithfulness of
re-enacting and its capacity to preserve
beautiful tone painting. It goes beyond
any reproducing piano in these particu-
lars y which a pianist must demand in
considering a perpetuation of his art."
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PERFECT RE-ENACTMENT
Only when both these essentials are attain-
ed can an instrument be truthfully called a
perfect medium for re-enacting the artist's
performance . . . . both are achieved by the
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which controls exclusively the only system of
dynamics that accurately records the playing
of the artist.
THE AMPICO CORPORATION
NEW YORK
AMPICO, LTD.
LONDON
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