early model B plain wire gauges

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco at luther.edu
Tue Oct 3 06:18:11 MDT 2006


Dave P,

At 06:35 AM 10/3/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Ron:
>
>My Steinway Technical Reference Guide says serial number below 73226
>
>Above 73226
>
>If the serial number of your piano is exactly 73226 I don't know what to
>tell you!
>David M. Porritt

I had written:
>B(below 47000)
>
>B(47000 and up) [differences only]
>Conrad Hoffsommer



Apparently, they ($&$) checked their records a little more carefully 
between the 1969 version (which I got in '80) and whenever your's dates 
from... ;-}  47000 would be ~1882, 73226 would be ~1892.

At least the gage numbers are the same.




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