Phil, << I had a customer call me last night that was describing their piano to me..he said there was no model that he knew of..it was a "Style 2 S&S"..approx. 9'.>> The advertising publications earlier than the A, B, C and D series (the modern, continuous rim pianos whose designs began in 1878) generally described four models also, Styles 1-4. Related lengths were not consistent except that Style 1 was smaller, Style 4 larger (close to 9'). These might be found at the website for Steinway at La Guardia Community College (not at hand right now). <> Unfortunately these pianos do break plates more often close to the pinblock. If you measure your treble scale you may determine the optimal pitch is up in the A=460's. Not a great combination. You can, of course, rescale for a lower pitch if installing a new soundboard. I am currently in the final steps on my Style 2 (7'3"). Ed Foote observed that the pinblocks don't keep their position; this is dramatic on a Style 4 I service which someone installed a new pinblock and soundboard in 15 years ago and now has zero downbearing. One tech on the east coast has retrofitted a steel flange into the pinblock closer to the stretcher to attempt ot stabilize this, but I do not know if this was deemed a success. Bill Shull, RPT Phil >>
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