where else to look?

[Jurgen Goering]

This is a bit of a long shot, but can it be that this piano started its 
life as a player?  S&S pianos with long cases were delivered to Aeolian 
where the player system was installed in the  teens and 20s.  The 
pianos were not numbered from Steinway, because it could be a few years 
before they were completed and put on the market by Aeolian.  They 
wanted to make sure the new piano then did not end up with a serial # a 
few years old.  .  When Aeolian  completed a  run of pianos they would 
contact S&S and get current serial numbers and put it in only a few 
spots, at most.   These pianos don't have the serial # in all the usual 
places.

Due to the demand of non-player Steinways,  there is a bit of a 
thriving business in converting ex-players into non-players: shortening 
the cases, new keys, perhaps new legs etc.
Jurgen Goering


On Jan 29, 2008, at 11:01, Phil Bondi wrote:
>
> Hi all.
> I am in search of a serial# for a S&S. It's not in any of the usual 
> places like plate, key frame, key slip. There is an inkstamp on 2 bass 
> keys..the numbers match. Could this be the serial#? If true, this 
> makes the piano a 1920's vintage instead of a 1950's, which is all the 
> information the client has of its origin. There are case part markings 
> everywhere, and they are engraved..
> Any help is appreciated.
> - Phil Bondi
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