Dear Zmeskall!
The watchmaker we know of, who lives close to the Freyung, is going to call on you. I should like to have a very good repeater, for which he is asking 40 ducats – Since you like to deal with such matters, please deal with this one too on my behalf and procure an excellent watch for me –
With the most frantic regards for a man like yourself who will soon give me an opportunity of applying my special knowledge of horn instruments for his benefit.
Ludwig van Beethoven