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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Phil</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You said:</FONT></DIV>
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color=#000080
size=2>If I have a chance to go back tomorrow and see this piano =
again, is there
any way to better define what model this piano is? Is there a place to
look..underneath..on the plate..in the action cavity..that might help =
the
'better informed' reading this thread to help me determine what model =
this piano
really is?"</FONT></SPAN>
<DIV><SPAN class=190201716-16112003><FONT color=#000080>It seems =
that Barbara
and I both have what should be identical S&S "A"s - though, of =
course, they
didn't in the "just pre-war" years (1914-18 of course) say on the plate =
what
model it was. You must simply measure it from stem to stern in inches. I =
should
be 6' 2" o/a. Looking at mine now - Nr.164082 - apart from that =
tone-bell and
Sos-ped. and 88 keys there is one item no-one has mentioned... is =
it a 20
Bass - or a 26 Bass? The former is the later model (if you understand =
me!)
That's the number of notes in the Bass break. Mine has 20 Bass and 5 =
covered
pairs at the bottom of the tenor break. Does it have round "elephant" =
legs or
square tapered ones. When S&S say the rim is "square end" =
they
don't mean literally square - it means the tail end is not semi-circular =
like
the 6' 0" earlier model "A"s but has a flattened end with rounded rim to =
spine
and to treble side. Just like the "D" in fact. I also noticed a =
number
stamped on the underside of the rim near the tone-bell. In my case it is =
854.
S&S tell me mine is definitely Hamburg made and imported into the UK =
in
February 1914 - and has a rose-wood case. At the time of approaching =
Steinway to
help date my piano I also asked what the embossed numbers on the tail =
end of the
plate indicated. I had been told by someone in the piano trade this was =
the date
of manufacture of the plate. Steinway, however, told me this is the =
Patent date.
To date my piano has been played by a number of well-known
pianists including Benno Moiseiwicz, Benjamin Britten, Clifford =
Benson,
Martin Isepp, Luiza Borac. I only wish I had been the proud owner when =
Benno
& Ben played it! The only thing which has been done to this S&S =
has been
when I recently replaced the rollers (knuckles) - otherwise - same =
strings,
hammers, dampers etc. It's a bit of a shrine really and I don't want to =
disturb
the vibes....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=190201716-16112003><FONT
color=#000080>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=190201716-16112003><FONT color=#000080>Michael G
(UK)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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