1870 Steinway vertical addendum

[pianoman]

James Grebe
R.P.T. from St. Louis
pianoman@inlink.com
"Do it because it is right"

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> From: Les Smith <lessmith@buffnet.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: 1870 Steinway vertical
> Date: Thursday, October 09, 1997 11:11 PM
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 9 Oct 1997 DGPEAKE@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > Contact Steinway and obtain a parts list or give them the info you have
> > requested.  They usually have after market parts.  It's worth a try and
if
> > they cannot help you, you did the right thing and to post your need.  
> 
> Action parts for an 1870 model E, or F upright from Steinway? Dream on!
> You can't even get action parts for 20th century Steinway verticals from
> them. If Steinway was still making their own vertical action parts, they
> would still be using them, and not have turned to outsourcing. How many
> DECADES has it been since you've been able to look inside a Steinway
> upright and find those vaunted "tubular-metal action rails";"signature"
> Steinway flanges; and butts, damper levers and wippens actually manu-
> factured by Steinway? And I still can't find Boston on my map of Japan,
> either! 
> 
> Les Smith
> lessmith@buffnet.net
Dear Les,
But you can find Boston in the Kimball case factory.
James Grebe
pianoman@inlink.com>