Re Steinway Questions

[Ed Carwithen]

See there;  I knew that someone would have the scoop on this subject.
Thanks Doug, and a very special 4th to you and yours..

Ed


At 09:16 PM 7/4/99 -0700, you wrote:
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>----- 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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