[pianotech] Steinway Style 2

[Clark Sprague]

    List, I went to the house of a man yesterday, who has a Steinway Style 
2, 7'3" grand for sale.  It needs completely rebuilt.  Pictures are 
available, if desired.
    The serial number is #33450.  Funny thing is, that someone has changed 
the number in the places that one would know to look (the keyslip, the front 
of the action frame, they put it on the open faced pinblock, and on the 
stretcher board above the bass strings, upside down no less), but they 
didn't change the numbers on the inside of the cheek blocks, or on the 
underside of the fallboard.  What they did was add a 1 to the other numbers, 
making it look like it is a 1908, when in reality, it is an 1876.  He called 
it a Centennial Edition (I really don't know about that, but I could 
envision a very beautiful instrument if re-done well).  As I said, I have 
some pictures available, if anyone wants to see them.
    Anybody interested in a project?

Clark A. Sprague, RPT
csprague4 at woh.rr.com