Presto

PRESTO-TIMES N l l M H P R ooeo N U M B E R 2269 Established MUSIC J OCo., UR N bi-monthly A L - * "by* Presto * ' ' Publishing issi Published m1884THE a t t e r Apr. 3, 1932. aAMERICAN t II I IAN TRADE FFR 417 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. office, Chicago, under a c t of Mar. 3, 1879. Entered Post as second class 49TH YEAR TEINWAY SUPREMACY STEINWAY LEADERSHIP IN THE MAKING OF FINE PIANOS HAS EXISTED SINCE THE EARLY DAYS OF THE INDUSTRY WHAT AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SAY: STEINWAY PRESTIGE IS WORLD-WIDE "My child's piano is one such as Liszt, Wagner, Rubinstein used and Paderewski now uses." It is an Honor to Own a Steinway. PADEREWSKI PADEREWSKI TO STEINWAY & SONS A Remarkable Testimonial CO £ Letter Steinway & Sons, New York, N. Y. Gentlemen: The supreme qualities of your instruments have been for many years universally recognized. Public and individuals, amateurs and artists, have been looking upon your pianos as upon a standard of perfection. Whenever perfection is attained, progress is stopped; for there is no room for climbing when the summit has been reached. And yet, in your case, this law of nature seems to have been defied. Is there anything which could demonstrate more convincingly the wealth of resources of your firm, the astonishing vitality of your house? But there is in it something to rejoice the heart of everyone who is devoted to his profession: young men inherit fame and fortune, general respect and universal recognition most legitimately acquired by the genius, industry and honest, persistent labor of their illustrious forefathers. Instead of simply enjoying life, instead of dwelling passively upon the golden ancestral laurels, they concentrate, in noble, ambitious efforts, all their energy and up they go to a higher plane and, indeed, they reach still higher regions. Such a thing can only be accomplished by a sincere love of profession, and it is to this love of profession that I wish to pay my tribute of high esteem and admiration. Most faithfully yours, I. J. Paderewski. Enhanced content © 2008-2009 and presented by MBSI - The Musical Box Society International (www.mbsi.org) and the International Arcade Museum (www.arcade-museum.com). All Rights Reserved. Digitized from the archives of the MBSI with support from NAMM - The International Music Products Association (www.namm.org). Additional enhancement, optimization, and distribution by the International Arcade Museum. An extensive collection of Presto can be found online at http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/