At 11:00 AM 1/28/2007 Gordon Stelter wrote >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >From: gordon stelter <lclgcnp at yahoo.com> >Precedence: list >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> >In-Reply-To: <45BCB47B.1010500 at formsmapiano.com> >Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 07:36:03 -0800 (PST) >Reply-To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> >Message-ID: <20070128153603.10547.qmail at web34411.mail.mud.yahoo.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >Subject: What was first year of Steinway "M" production? >Message: 2 > >.....( and other models, too, if you know). > Thanks! > G First M - #149500 - 1911 First S - #280900 - 1935 First B (7 1/3 8vas) - #73227 - 1891 First L - Experimental model #219904 - 1923 (NY) First D - Experimental Model - #96766 - 1900 First A - 6' round tail - #38887 - 1878 First A - 6' square tail - 86xxx - 1896 First A - 6' 4" - #163442 - 1913 First C - 1887 (disc. 1907 - NY, but some sold up to 1923) First O - 1902 (disc. 1923 - NY) Last square - #62871 - 1887 First grand - #791 - 1856 First upright - #5451 - 1861 This is from a printed and handwritten list on Steinway stationary that I got through Bill Garlick when he was working at Steinway... Israel Stein
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