----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Carwithen <musicman@eoni.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 7:33 AM Subject: Re Steinway Questions > Speaking of Steinways... What does anyone know about a Steinway "Liberty" > piano. Owner claims that they were produced during WWII for the USO trade. > ????? > > Ed Carwithen > Oregon > > Hi Ed, According to Ronald Ratcliffe in his book STEINWAY your customer is correct. The U.S. government order 3,000 of these for naval vessel and to send to every theater of the war. The ISBN # for this book is 0-87701-592-9 Happy 4th to you and the rest of the list. Doug Mahard, Associate
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