This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello Phil You said: "If I have a chance to go back tomorrow and see this piano again, is = there any way to better define what model this piano is? Is there a = place to look..underneath..on the plate..in the action cavity..that = might help the 'better informed' reading this thread to help me = determine what model this piano really is?"=20 It seems that Barbara and I both have what should be identical S&S "A"s = - though, of course, they didn't in the "just pre-war" years (1914-18 of = course) say on the plate what model it was. You must simply measure it = from stem to stern in inches. I should be 6' 2" o/a. Looking at mine now = - Nr.164082 - apart from that tone-bell and Sos-ped. and 88 keys there = is one item no-one has mentioned... is it a 20 Bass - or a 26 Bass? The = former is the later model (if you understand me!) That's the number of = notes in the Bass break. Mine has 20 Bass and 5 covered pairs at the = bottom of the tenor break. Does it have round "elephant" legs or square = tapered ones. When S&S say the rim is "square end" they don't mean = literally square - it means the tail end is not semi-circular like the = 6' 0" earlier model "A"s but has a flattened end with rounded rim to = spine and to treble side. Just like the "D" in fact. I also noticed a = number stamped on the underside of the rim near the tone-bell. In my = case it is 854. S&S tell me mine is definitely Hamburg made and imported = into the UK in February 1914 - and has a rose-wood case. At the time of = approaching Steinway to help date my piano I also asked what the = embossed numbers on the tail end of the plate indicated. I had been told = by someone in the piano trade this was the date of manufacture of the = plate. Steinway, however, told me this is the Patent date. To date my = piano has been played by a number of well-known pianists including Benno = Moiseiwicz, Benjamin Britten, Clifford Benson, Martin Isepp, Luiza = Borac. I only wish I had been the proud owner when Benno & Ben played = it! The only thing which has been done to this S&S has been when I = recently replaced the rollers (knuckles) - otherwise - same strings, = hammers, dampers etc. It's a bit of a shrine really and I don't want to = disturb the vibes.... Regards Michael G (UK) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/18/c0/ea/60/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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