[pianotech] Steinway Style 2

[Ed Sutton]

When you find an instrument like this, please contact Bill Shull at 
bdshull at aol.com. He is working to document the development of Steinway 
pianos during this period.

Ed Sutton

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clark Sprague" <CSPRAGUE4 at woh.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 9:37 PM
Subject: [pianotech] Steinway Style 2


>    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
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