Fw: Steinway Model..and the winner is..

[Michael Gamble]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Gamble" <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: Steinway Model..and the winner is..


> Hello Robin Hufford
> You said:
> "     Perhaps they are calling the O an A.  As far as I know, and I feel
> fairly
> confident about this regardless of the supplier's catalogue, there is no
> such
> thing as a 26 note A, at least on this side of the pond.   We'll see, I
> guess."
> I'll let you know just what I find in those "A"s with 26 note Bass. On
this
> side of the pond they're fairly common - which is why the Fletcher's
> catalogue quotes both types. Wow thing! We'll have to ask Margaret for a
> definitive history of a couple of specific 26s and see what she says.
Maybe
> they were all built in Hamburg.
> Now what about that 6' 4" "A". London has no knowledge about that.  They
> were equally unhelpful about the plate-tail embossing - except to add that
> S&S didn't keep the plates for more than a year before using them. Bit
more
> detective work needed methinks...:-)
> Regards
> Michael G (Across the PondUK)
>