Richard Pennycuick writes:

>Why aren't the string trios better known?

The piano sonatas, violin sonatas, piano trios, and string quartets cover
a wide period of Beethoven's composing life.  The string trios just cover
his early period.  I suspect that if Beethoven had kept writing string
trios up to and through his maturity, the first three would be much better
known.

Don Satz
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