Stupid Question further

[pianoman]

Would this period correspond with the change from rounded arms to squared
off arms?
James Grebe
R.P.T. from St. Louis
pianoman@inlink.com
"I am only as good as my last tuning"

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> From: Steinway & Sons <tech@steinway.com>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Stupid Question
> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 1997 7:33 AM
> 
> To Del and The List,
> 
> The model M was 5'6" from 1911-14, 5'6 3/4" from 1914-17, and has been
> listed as 5'7" since 1917.  The exact reason for this change has been
lost
> over time, but the scaling has always been the same and the plates are
> interchangeable.
> 
> The O, B, and D all grew in 1914 as well. It is likely that a single
design
> change took place, possibly in the keybed, that would account for the
> increased length in all the grand models.
> 
> Stephen Dove
> STEINWAY & SONS
> New York
> 
> 
> 
> At 11:14 AM 12/16/97 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >Steinway & Sons wrote:
> 
> >While your at it, could you please solve another minor puzzle...
> >
> >Were the first Model M's actually 5' 6" (approx.) in length? And, if so,
> what changed when the grew up?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Del
> >
> >
> >
>