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In response to your honored letter of the 25th inst. I have gratefully written myself down in the beginning of June to send You a new grand piano* with which I am convinced that Her Highness in every regard will be fully satisfied.

                        Yours faithfully,

                        J. G. Malmsjö

This 1894 letter from J.G. Malmsjö to Esquire Ivar Berg confirmed the order of a new grand piano. A piano that would become a wedding gift to his bride. Their daughter inherited the piano, and she sold it to my parents around 1975.

The Malmsjö* Piano Factory in Gothenburg, Sweden, was established in 1843. This was approximately ten years before Steinway & Sons opened its factory in the U.S.  Malmsjö became the leading piano manufacturer in Sweden and produced pianos of excellent quality and beauty (see links below). Inexpensive pianos from East Germany increased the competition in the 1960's. The factory closed down around 1970.

Hans Adamson

*Pronunciation: "Molm-sheu"

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