UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 8)

Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
(Title of Class of Securities)

858495104
(CUSIP Number)

Allison Bennington, Esq.
ValueAct Capital
435 Pacific Avenue, Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 362-3700
(Name, address and telephone number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

Allison Bennington, Esq.
ValueAct Capital
435 Pacific Avenue, Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 362-3700

September 19, 2013
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box [ ].

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

This information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).


SCHEDULE 13D

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CUSIP NO. 858495104                                             Page 2 of 11
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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. INDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE
   PERSON (entities only)

   ValueAct SmallCap Master Fund, L.P.
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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP**                 (a) [ ]
                                                                      (b) [X]
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3. SEC USE ONLY

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4. SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)*

   WC*
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5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
   PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                         [ ]
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6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

   British Virgin Islands
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                    7.  SOLE VOTING POWER
                        0
   NUMBER OF       ----------------------------------------------------------
   SHARES           8.  SHARED VOTING POWER
   BENEFICIALLY         0**
   OWNED BY EACH   ----------------------------------------------------------
   PERSON WITH      9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        0
                   ----------------------------------------------------------
                   10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        0**
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11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

   0**
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12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
    CERTAIN SHARES                                                        [ ]
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13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

   0%
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14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

    PN
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*See Item 3
**See Item 2 and 5


SCHEDULE 13D

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CUSIP NO. 858495104                                             Page 3 of 11
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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. INDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE
   PERSON (entities only)

   VA SmallCap Partners, LLC
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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP**                 (a) [ ]
                                                                      (b) [X]
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3. SEC USE ONLY

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4. SOURCE OF FUNDS*

   00*
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5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
   PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                         [ ]
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6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

   Delaware
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                    7.  SOLE VOTING POWER
                        0
   NUMBER OF       ----------------------------------------------------------
   SHARES           8.  SHARED VOTING POWER
   BENEFICIALLY         0**
   OWNED BY EACH   ----------------------------------------------------------
   PERSON WITH      9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        0
                   ----------------------------------------------------------
                   10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        0**
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11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

    0**
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12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
    CERTAIN SHARES                                                        [ ]
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13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

    0%
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14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

    00 (LLC)
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*See Item 3
**See Item 2 and 5


SCHEDULE 13D

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CUSIP NO. 858495104                                             Page 4 of 11
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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. INDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE
   PERSON (entities only)

   ValueAct SmallCap Management, L.P.
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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP**                 (a) [ ]
                                                                      (b) [X]
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3. SEC USE ONLY

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4. SOURCE OF FUNDS*

   00*
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5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
   PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                         [ ]
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6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

   Delaware
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                    7.  SOLE VOTING POWER
                        0
   NUMBER OF       ----------------------------------------------------------
   SHARES           8.  SHARED VOTING POWER
   BENEFICIALLY         0**
   OWNED BY EACH   ----------------------------------------------------------
   PERSON WITH      9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        0
                   ----------------------------------------------------------
                   10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        0**
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11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

    0**
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12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
    CERTAIN SHARES                                                        [ ]
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13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

    0%
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14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

    PN
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*See Item 3
**See Item 2 and 5


SCHEDULE 13D

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CUSIP NO. 858495104                                             Page 5 of 11
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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. INDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE
   PERSON (entities only)

   ValueAct SmallCap Management, LLC
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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP**                 (a) [ ]
                                                                      (b) [X]
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3. SEC USE ONLY

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4. SOURCE OF FUNDS*

   00*
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5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
   PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                         [ ]
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6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

   Delaware
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                    7.  SOLE VOTING POWER
                        0
   NUMBER OF       ----------------------------------------------------------
   SHARES           8.  SHARED VOTING POWER
   BENEFICIALLY         0**
   OWNED BY EACH   ----------------------------------------------------------
   PERSON WITH      9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        0
                   ----------------------------------------------------------
                   10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        0**
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11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

    0**
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12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
    CERTAIN SHARES                                                        [ ]
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13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

    0%
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14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

    00 (LLC)
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*See Item 3
**See Item 2 and 5


SCHEDULE 13D

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CUSIP NO. 858495104                                             Page 6 of 11
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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON/S.S. OR I.R.S. INDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE
   PERSON (entities only)

   David Lockwood
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2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP**                 (a) [ ]
                                                                      (b) [X]
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3. SEC USE ONLY

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4. SOURCE OF FUNDS*

   00*
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5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
   PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                         [ ]
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6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

   Delaware
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                    7.  SOLE VOTING POWER
                        0
   NUMBER OF       ----------------------------------------------------------
   SHARES           8.  SHARED VOTING POWER
   BENEFICIALLY         0**
   OWNED BY EACH   ----------------------------------------------------------
   PERSON WITH      9.  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        0
                   ----------------------------------------------------------
                   10.  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        0**
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11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

    0**
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12. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
    CERTAIN SHARES                                                        [ ]
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13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

    0%
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14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

    IN
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*See Item 3
**See Item 2 and 5


SCHEDULE 13D

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CUSIP NO. 858495104                                             Page 7 of 11
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THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO SCHEDULE 13D IS TO AMEND ITEM 5
(INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER). THE INFORMATION BELOW SUPPLEMENTS THE
INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED.

Item 1.      Security and Issuer

       This Schedule 13D relates to the Ordinary Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the "Ordinary Common Stock"), of Steinway Musical
Instruments, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer").  The address of the
principal executive offices of the Issuer is 800 South Street, Suite 305,
Waltham, MA 02453.

Item 2.      Identity and Background

      This statement is filed jointly by (a) ValueAct SmallCap Master Fund,
L.P. ("ValueAct SmallCap Master Fund"), (b) VA SmallCap Partners, LLC ("VA
SmallCap Partners"), (c) ValueAct SmallCap Management, L.P. ("ValueAct
SmallCap Management"), (d) ValueAct SmallCap Management, LLC, and (e) David
Lockwood (collectively, the "Reporting Persons").

       ValueAct SmallCap Master Fund is a limited partnership organized under
the laws of the British Virgin Islands.  It has a principal business address
of 435 Pacific Avenue, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94133.

      VA SmallCap Partners is a Delaware limited liability company, the
principal business of which is to serve as the General Partner to ValueAct
SmallCap Master Fund.  It has a principal business address of 435 Pacific
Avenue, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94133.

       ValueAct SmallCap Management is a Delaware limited partnership which
renders management services to ValueAct SmallCap Master Fund.  ValueAct
SmallCap Management, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company, the
principal business of which is to serve as the General Partner to ValueAct
SmallCap Management.  Each has a principal business address of 435 Pacific
Avenue, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94133.

       (a), (b) and (c).  David Lockwood is the managing member, principal
owner and controlling person of VA SmallCap Partners and ValueAct SmallCap
Management LLC, and such activities constitute his principal occupation.  He
is referred to herein as the "Managing Member".  The Managing Member is a
United States citizen and has a principal business address of 435 Pacific
Avenue, Fourth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94133.

       (d) and (e). None of the entities or persons identified in this Item 2
has during the past five years been convicted of any criminal proceeding
(excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), nor been a party to a
civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent judgment,
decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or
mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding
any violation with respect to such laws.


SCHEDULE 13D

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Item 3.      Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

       Not applicable- see Item 5.

Item 5.     Interest in Securities of the Issuer

       (a) through (d) Not applicable.

       (e)  On September 19, 2013, Pianissimo Acquisition Corp, an affiliate
of Paulson & Co. Inc. purchased in a tender offer the outstanding shares of
common stock of the Issuer at a price of $40.00 per share. This transaction
is more fully described in the Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC on August
21, 2013 and subsequently amended.  As a result of the foregoing
transactions, the Reporting Persons no longer beneficially own any shares,
and ceased to be beneficial owners of more than five percent of the shares on
September 19, 2013.


Item 6.      Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with
Respect to Securities of the Issuer


        Other than as described elsewhere in this Report and as previously
reported, the Reporting Persons have no understandings, arrangements,
relationships or contracts relating to the Issuer's Ordinary Common Stock
which are required to be described hereunder.


Item 7.       Material to Be Filed as Exhibits

              (1) Joint Filing Agreement.


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                                    SIGNATURE

       After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief,
the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is
true, complete and correct.

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears
below on this Schedule 13D hereby constitutes and appoints David Lockwood,
with full power to act without the other, his or its true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or it and in his or its name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities (until revoked in writing) to sign any and all amendments
to this Schedule 13D, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he or it might
or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


                                VALUEACT SMALLCAP MASTER FUND, L.P. by VA
                                SMALLCAP PARTNERS, LLC, its General Partner


                                By:       /s/ David Lockwood
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Dated:     September 23, 2013          David Lockwood, Managing Member



                                VA SMALLCAP PARTNERS, LLC


                                By:      /s/ David Lockwood
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Dated:     September 23, 2013          David Lockwood, Managing Member



                                VALUEACT SMALLCAP MANAGEMENT, L.P. by
                                VALUEACT SMALLCAP MANAGEMENT, LLC, its
                                General Partner

                                By:       /s/ David Lockwood
                                --------------------------------------
Dated:     September 23, 2013          David Lockwood, Managing Member


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CUSIP NO. 858495104                                           Page 10 of 11
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                                VALUEACT SMALLCAP MANAGEMENT, LLC


                                By:      /s/ David Lockwood
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Dated:     September 23, 2013          David Lockwood, Managing Member




                                By:       /s/ David Lockwood
                                --------------------------------------
Dated:     September 23, 2013          David Lockwood, Managing Member


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                                   Exhibit 1

                           JOINT FILING UNDERTAKING

The undersigned parties hereby agree that the Schedule 13D filed herewith
(and any amendments thereto) relating to the Ordinary Common Stock of
Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. is being filed jointly on behalf of each
of them with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


                                VALUEACT SMALLCAP MASTER FUND, L.P. by VA
                                SMALLCAP PARTNERS, LLC, its General Partner


                                By:       /s/ David Lockwood
                                --------------------------------------
Dated:     September 23, 2013          David Lockwood, Managing Member


                                VA SMALLCAP PARTNERS, LLC


                                By:      /s/ David Lockwood
                                --------------------------------------
Dated:     September 23, 2013          David Lockwood, Managing Member


                                VALUEACT SMALLCAP MANAGEMENT, L.P. by
                                VALUEACT SMALLCAP MANAGEMENT, LLC, its
                                General Partner

                                By:       /s/ David Lockwood
                                --------------------------------------
Dated:     September 23, 2013          David Lockwood, Managing Member


                                VALUEACT SMALLCAP MANAGEMENT, LLC


                                By:      /s/ David Lockwood
                                --------------------------------------
Dated:     September 23, 2013          David Lockwood, Managing Member




                                By:       /s/ David Lockwood
                                --------------------------------------
Dated:     September 23, 2013          David Lockwood, Managing Member

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