David,
Unfortunately, I can't tell you if there were differences between the Hamburg and NY Steinways manufactured between 1890 and 1900 but I can confirm that the Hamburg pianos from that time period were primarily assembled from parts (rims, plates, actions, keys ~ some parts were sourced or made locally) shipped from the New York plant. It wasn't until around 1907 that the Hamburg plant started using German parts and by the time WWI rolled around, they were manufacturing pianos distinct from the ones being made in NY.
Jon Ligon
First post, by the way, after a couple years of lurking. Young tech thankful for the wealth of information I've gathered from you all.
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From: David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Tue, April 6, 2010 8:20:40 PM
Subject: [pianotech] Hamburg and NY Steinway differences
Anybody know what the differences in manufacturing between NY and Hamburg
Steinway were around 1890 - 1900? Weren't thing being manufactured in NY
and shipped to Hamburg for assembly or am I wrong about that?
David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com
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