[pianotech] Steinway Grand

[PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com]

Still unclear, Carlos. "K" would make it November, but the number sequence  
following has a code for the point in time for when the rim was bent, and 
the K  tells us that the number was given in a certain month? Wait, wait, 
there's  something circular, or redundant, or oxymoronic, or regressive, or ad  
absurdam in this. I'm so totally confused. 
 
P
 
 
In a message dated 1/28/2011 3:16:20 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
ceralon at comcast.net writes:

Regarding the "case" number.. According to the book "PIANO" by James  
Barron, he says the Alpha  letter followed by three numbers in  question 
indicates only the month the piano was given this number.   It does not indicate the 
year of construction, but when the rim was  bent.  As I understand it the 6 
digit serial # is applied just before the  piano is about ready to leave 
the factory. At least it was on the construction  of the D he follows through 
the factory. Number K0862.  A single Steinway  can have as many as 3 sets of 
numbers. The K indicated the month only.   
I hope this helps.
Carlos Ralon, RPT
 

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From:  _PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com_ (mailto:PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com)  
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Subject: Re: [pianotech] Steinway  Grand


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_ (mailto: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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