To Mr. Jahn, and accept beforehand my
sincere thanks for the good service you will render to Art in
this matter?
It is with unchangeable attachment that I remain, dear master,
your very grateful and devoted
F. Liszt
P.S. - When will the "Gradus ad Parnassum" come out? - You will
receive the copy of my Studies, which are dedicated to you,
through Mr. Lowy in a few days.
88. To Breitkopf and Hartel
[Autograph in the possession of M. Alfred Bovet at Valentigney]
Weymar, October 30th, 1852
My Dear Mr. Hartel,
I have given up to a friend the piano which you have been so good
as to lend me for some years, and he (as I have already informed
you verbally) asks me to let him defer the payment of it till the
end of this month. I therefore take this opportunity of proposing
to you either to let you immediately have the sum fixed upon for
the piano (400 thalers), or else to make a settlement of
reciprocal terms up to now, by which we shall be quits towards
each other. The pleasure and advantage which I find in my
relations with your house are too valuable to me for me not to do
all in my power properly to maintain them, by conforming to your
wishes and intentions.
