DEETHOV fiJ\ 
and J\ature 
Tainted, for the 
Steinwaj 
Collection 
STEINWAY 
THE INSTRUMENT OF THE IMMORTALS 
O N the 26th of March, 1827, died Ludwig van 
Beethoven, of whom it has been said that he 
was the greatest of all musicians. A generation 
later was born the Steinway Piano, which is acknowb 
edged to be the greatest of all pianofortes. What a pity 
it is that the greatest master could not himself have 
played upon the greatest instrument—that these two 
could not have been born together! De Pachmann 
once said: “If Beethoven could hear his compositions 
played upon a Stein way, he would not know such 
beauty for his own. Tears of joy would flow from 
his eyes and run down his cheeks.” Though the 
Steinway was denied Beethoven, it was here in time 
for Liszt, for Wagner, for Rubinstein. And today, a still 
greater Steinway than these great men knew, responds 
to the touch of Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, Hofmann, 
and their brilliant contemporaries. Such, in fact, are the 
fortunes of time, that today this Instrument of the Inv 
mortals, this piano more perfect than any Beethoven 
ever dreamed of, can be possessed and played and 
cherished not only by the few who are the masters of 
music, but by the many who are its lovers. 
Stein wap & Sons and their dealers have wade it conveniently possible for music lovers to own a Steinwap. 
Prices: $875 and up, plus freight at points distant from New York- 
S T b I N \V A Y S SONS, Steinway Hall, 109 E. 14th Street, New York 
