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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 color=navy =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The =
1<sup>st</sup> “round
tail” A came in two incarnations.</span></font></span><font =
size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> Starting around 1904-05 Steinway changed the shape of the =
low
tenor bridge, shortening the lengths of the wound tenor strings. Be =
verrrry
specific with serial numbers when ordering replacement strings for =
these. Those
low tenor strings don’t tune well with 3”+ unwrapped =
ends!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>- Mark<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 =
face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original =
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> JWyatt1492@aol.com
[mailto:JWyatt1492@aol.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> =
</span></font><st1:date
Month="11" Day="15" Year="2003"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Saturday, November 15, =
2003</span></font></st1:date><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font><st1:time
Hour="17" Minute="10"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>5:10 PM</span></font></st1:time><font size=2 =
face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> phil@philbondi.com;
pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Help with =
Steinway
Model..</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hello =
Phil,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> &nbs=
p; The
Steinway you speak of is a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>" round tail A " =
slang
!! with 85 notes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> It has a
"hook" bridge that carries two =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>two string and seven three =
string
unisons <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>all =
wrapped.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Many =
believe
that this was the piano <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>that "made"
Steinway. Its, production began<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>in 1878. The first of =
the 88
note models<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>were built in 1892. =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> =
The
"Square" tail A,s without the hook =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>bridge began produ=
ction in
1896/97. This<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>A was discontinued in =
1913.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> &nbs=
p; In
1913 the 6'4" A was put into =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>production then =
discontinued in
1947. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></fo=
nt></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> As a side =
note
many, including me, think <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>this was a mistake a =
bad
mistake. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The 6'4" A is now =
being built
in </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font face=Arial><span
=
style='font-family:Arial'>Germany</span></font></st1:place></st1:countr=
y-region><font
face=Arial><span =
style='font-family:Arial'>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></fo=
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Regards =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Jack
Wyatt <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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