 Years later, he visited Beethoven on his deathbed, who greeted him with the words "I am not worthy of your visiting me".He was also present on 26 March 1827, at the time of Beethoven's death, when the only other person present was Beethoven's housekeeper.In commemoration of the moment, Huttenbrenner cut a lock of Beethoven's hair, now in Graz together with Beethoven's family archival book in the Fux Conservatory.