Early Steinway Grand

[Robert Goodale]

Kent Swafford wrote:

> I received a call from a new customer asking me if I was interested in
> tuning an old Steinway. He said it was among the first made, and was
> "nothing special." I told him I was eager to see the instrument but (the
> usual disclaimer).
>
> What I found when I came to the instrument was an 85 note 7' grand of no
> recognizable model; the scale resembled a modern D with the bass/tenor
> break at f2 and wound trichords just below the break. The rim was not
> continuous and the pinblock was open-faced and along with the tuning pins
> was tilted down toward the strings to match the angle of the strings
> coming up from the agraffes.

Perhaps an early "C"??

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV