----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Gamble" <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:54 PM Subject: Re: Steinway Model..and the winner is.. > Hello Robin Hufford > You said: > " Perhaps they are calling the O an A. As far as I know, and I feel > fairly > confident about this regardless of the supplier's catalogue, there is no > such > thing as a 26 note A, at least on this side of the pond. We'll see, I > guess." > I'll let you know just what I find in those "A"s with 26 note Bass. On this > side of the pond they're fairly common - which is why the Fletcher's > catalogue quotes both types. Wow thing! We'll have to ask Margaret for a > definitive history of a couple of specific 26s and see what she says. Maybe > they were all built in Hamburg. > Now what about that 6' 4" "A". London has no knowledge about that. They > were equally unhelpful about the plate-tail embossing - except to add that > S&S didn't keep the plates for more than a year before using them. Bit more > detective work needed methinks...:-) > Regards > Michael G (Across the PondUK) >
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