S&S Hamburg New York

[David Ilvedson]

Doesn't the plate say New York only on NY production and New York, Hamburg
on Hamburg production?

David I.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of Bdshull@AOL.COM
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 12:08 AM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: S&S Hamburg New York
>
>
> 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
>   >>
>