Presto

"How good need my child's first piano be?" Parents
often ask us this. To all, we make the same
answer—only the best is good enough. Only
the best can attune the young ear to true
tones, develop a sure technique in young fin-
gers. This superb, full-scale Steinway illus-
trated, the Sheraton Vertical, ebonized, will
be a vital influence on your tf
child's entire musical life. Yet the
price of this new instrument i.r only
495
DOWN
A NEW STEINWAY FOR AS LITTLE AS
It sounds unbelievable, but it is true. You can have a
new Steinway in your home for only $49.50 down.
Go to your local Steinway representative . . . select
at leisure the Steinway Vertical, exquisite Sheraton
design, ebonized case . . . deposit only this small sum,
nothing more . . . and your Steinway will be delivered
at once, to delight you and your family and friends
through the years to cornel
This is the lowest price ever asked for a Steinway
—and one of the finest Steinway Verticals ever built.
Every Vertical is made with painstaking care by skilled
Steinway craftsmen. The tone is rich and mellow, the
action swiftly responsive. Cabinet designs are so beauti-
ful that the Vertical becomes the center of your home's
decoration. . . . This Steinway is only 40 inches high!
Suppose some one were to give you a piano. You
could choose, without restriction oi name or price, the
one piano you most wanted. You would choose a
Steinway! . . . Choose a Steinway now, for one of the
soundest investments of modern times 1
Steinway & Sons (founded 1853 in New York City),
Steinway Hall, 109 W. 57th Street, New York.
JOSef Hofmann, With h'lS yOUng SOn, Edward, at the Steinway in the great pianist's home.
The
Instrument of the Immortals, favorite of virtually every celebrated artist from Liszt to
Hofmann, is primarily a piano for the home, and for the home with a moderate income. At
your Steinway representative's you can pay as little as $98.oO down on the $985 Steinway
Grand S, ebonized, and it will be delivered to your home at one A Throughout the
years, it will help your children to make friends more easily, to grow naturally,
to have always at hand a constant source of pleasure, inspiration, and delight.
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• LIBERAL ALLOWANCE ON YOUR OLD PIANO. ALL PRICES
QUOTED IN THIS ADVERTISEiMENT ARE F.O.B. NEW YORK CITY
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