Gear's illustrated catalogue of wood and iron working machinery (1872)
A.S. Gear, Gear, A. S · Boston : Printed at A.S. Gear's printing office, 62 Sudbury Street · leaf 420
d, the North American pianofortes in general, andthose of Steinway & Sons in particular, have taken an undisputed place of honor, as well as for the large volume andtheir charming quality of tone. The piano standing here—whose indwelling powers, like the slumbering child inHeimers harp, in our… … GOLD MEDAL, BY HIS MAJESTY, OF SWEDEN AND NORWAY, NEW YORK. In an autograph letter from His Royal Highness Prince Oscar (now the king of Sweden) dated Stockholm, January 29,1868, addressed to Steinway & Sons, His Highness, after referring to the safe arrival of the concert grand, continues…
