for some 35 years (1835–1870) stamaty must have been the most sought after and the most fashionable piano teacher in paris. he had numerous students, most of them from wealthy families in the aristocratic faubourgs (saint-germain and saint-honoré). he charged some of the highest fees in paris. according to marmontel he was a born teacher and also had the useful talent of inspiring trust not so much in his pupils but in their mothers: