[Illustration: STEINWAY & SON'S FACTORY. OCCUPYING THE ENTIRE BLOCK ON 4TH AVE., FROM 52D TO 53D ST.] PATENT OVERSTRUNG GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT PIANO-FORTES, HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE First Premium at the Great World's Fair in London, 1862. FOR POWER, FULL, CLEAR, BRILLIANT, AND SYMPATHETIC TONE, Excellent Workmanship shown in Grand and Square Pianos. There were 290 Piano-Fortes entered for competition from all parts of the world, and in order to show what sensation these instruments have created in the Old World, we subjoin a few extracts from leading European papers. FROM THE "_London News of the World_." "These magnificent pianos, manufactured by Messrs. STEINWAY & SONS, of New York, are, without doubt, the musical gems of the Exhibition of 1862. They possess a tone that is the most liquid and bell-like we have ever heard, and combine the qualities of brilliancy and great power, without the slightest approach to harshness," &c. Mr. HOCHE, one of the most competent musical critics of France, writes to the "_Presse Musicale_," Paris: "The firm of STEINWAY & SONS exhibits two pianos, both of which have attracted the special attention of the jurors. The square piano fully possesses the tone of a grand--it sounds really marvelously; the ample sound, the extension, the even tone, the sweetness, the power, are combined in these pianos as in no piano I have ever seen. The grand piano unites in itself all the qualities which you can demand of a concert piano; in fact, I do not hesitate to say that this piano is far better than all the English pianos which I have seen at the Exhibition," &c. The "_Paris Constitutionel_" says: "In the piano manufacture the palm don't belong to the European industry this year, but to an American house, almost unknown until now, Messrs. STEINWAY & SONS, of New York, who have carried off the first prize for piano-fortes," &c. WAREROOMS, Nos. 82 & 84 WALKER ST., near Broadway, New York. * * * * * [Illustration] WITH CONTENTS FOR THE TIMES COMPRISING An Illustrated Poem of Liberty AND "THE SONG OF THE FREE," WITH ORIGINAL MUSIC, On Spreading Sheet, convenient for the Piano-Forte or Organ. _Also, a Record of Events, Family Recipes, Home Miscellany, Calendars for the whole Country, Memoranda Pages, etc._ IN FINE BINDING, WITH GILT EDGES. PRICE, 25 CENTS.