Roger & List, According to our records, serial number 189171 is a New York built model O. I am sorry you were treated like a Martian when you called, but we always have serial number information available. When we rebush one of the old style pianos, with the two layers of felt, we use the regular red bushing material with a black felt attached to the back. The black felt has a self adhesive on one side, so after you affix it to the red the procedure for re-bushing is the same as it would be with a newer piano. The parts department sells both types of felt (800-366-1853). Hope this helps, Stephen Dove STEINWAY & SONS New York -----Original Message----- From: Roger Jolly [SMTP:baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca] Sent: Saturday, August 22, 1998 9:58 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: New York or Hamburg Greetings All, I'm just starting to rebuild a Steinway Model O Ser#189171 A date stamp was found on the rear of the under lever tray 2nd May 1918. The plate and case was poorly refinished with the strings still on. The pins & strings were beautifully painted, strings were so rusty measurement is unreliable. Only after rubbing down the plate did I know for sure that it was an O. Also a number of strings have been replaced in this register to add to the complicationsThe scaling is slightly different from the Hamburg to the New York models. Now to the question, is the bridge and plate geometry different? or was this done for an empirical reason? Any advice or confirmation of origin would be helpful and save me calculating the 5 or 6 note differences. One clue that I do have that makes me suspect that it's from Hamburg is the 18mm plate lag bolts. I will be rebushing the damper guides, they have a thin black woven inner guide felt with a traditional red woven contact felt glued to it, the person that I spoke to at Steinway thought I was from Mars. For those with Steinway experience, two questions. Do you rebush with a heavy bushing cloth to compensate, or where can I obtain the two correct thickness of felt? Final question if it's a Hamburg Steinway do you string SWG or metric? Thanks in advance. Roger Roger Jolly Baldwin Yamaha Piano Centre Saskatoon and Regina Saskatchewan, Canada. 306-665-0213 Fax 652-0505
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