S&S Hamburg New York

[Bdshull@AOL.COM]

Hi, Brian:

All of the standard Hamburg Steinways which I have seen have a curved arm on 
each side, the New Yorks after the early 'teens have a squared off arm.  The 
Hamburg "Steinway and Sons" half circle logo cast into the plate is devoid of 
any other notations, plain, on one 1936 "C" I service.  The standard music 
desk is more "European" looking also, with half circle fronts on the side 
pieces, not the 1/4 circle inside cutouts typical of that period to the 
present on the NY piano.

Hope this helps.

Bill Shull, RPT 
Loma Linda, CA

In a message dated 10/9/00 11:53:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
lawsonic@global.co.za writes:

<< Hi, for those of you who stateside, what distinguishs a New York S&S from 
a Hamburg? There is a model O in the shop here and on the plate it has Reg US 
patent and STEINWAY below the top treble pins, yet its serial# 288705 dates 
it at 1936 but Piece says the model O was discontinued in 1923 in the US.
 
 Brian Lawson, RPT
 Johannesburg, South Africa
  >>