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The Hamburg's have rounded arms, which NY mostly dropped around 1909 or
so, at least on their standard cases. Can you ascertain the rim
material?<br>
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- Mark Dierauf<br>
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Mark Cramer wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">We have a 1920’s M here
that I’m cracking open
for the first time. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The front key-pins
are .129” and the wippen flanges have assist springs throughout all 88
notes. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The rebound cloth
in the repetition windows are a very worn, original-looking purple
material,
however the flange screws are obvious replacements. The piano was
overhauled in
the 70’s.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">How can I determine
whether this piano was made in <st1:State w:st="on">New York</st1:State>
or <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Hamburg</st1:State></st1:place>?
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Brandon</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font
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