The Evolution of the Piano 
WEBER PIANO IN LOUIS QUINZE CASE 
Carmen Sylva has legs of ivory, that ivory which is in 
such demand for the piano trade that thousands of 
tusks are imported every year just for the keys alone. 
In England Alma-Tadema is in demand as a piano 
painter. For Henry Marquand of New York, he 
painted a Steinway adorned with precious stones which 
is valued at fifty thousand dollars. His own piano is in 
the style of mediaeval mosaics, under the lid are 
figured parchment slips on which Liszt, Tschaikow- 
ski, Gounod and others have inscribed their names. 
Other artistic pianos have been painted by Blasli- 
field and one of these is owned by the Drexel family 
of Philadelphia. 
Quite as unique are the treasures of Steinway’s 
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