[pianotech] Steinway Grand

[PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com]

Frank:
 
Do you remember how to parse the four-digit with a letter stamps on the  
plate? I thought they would be translatable to month and year of manufacture. 
Is  that a myth?
 
Paul
 
 
In a message dated 1/27/2011 11:34:28 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
pianoguru at cox.net writes:

In a  few, rare cases the serial number is assign at the front of the line. 
More  often, the serial number is assign at the end of the line.  When the  
serial number is assigned at the end, a case number of 3 - 4 digits  
(usually 
too few digits for a serial number) is used to return the case  parts to 
the 
instrument to which it was originally fitted.  If you  find the same number 
on virtually every case part, it is almost certainly  a case number, 
especially if it is a shorter number than you would expect  of that 
manufacturer's serial number sequence.  The problem with  assigning serial 
numbers at the front of the line is that the pianos never  arrive at the 
end 
of the line even close to the same sequence in which  they began, which 
makes 
it almost impossible to say which serial number  marks the beginning number 
of a new year's production.

Frank  Emerson 


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