<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2838" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV>The only S&S pianos w/20-note basses are/were A, B, C, and D, all larger than 6'</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>S, M, O, and L all had 26 bass notes.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>By size, slightly under 6' makes it an O or an L, a little smaller yet and it's an M</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Just thinking out loud here and I'm sure none of this is new to you ... also, the mystery remains unsolved, sorry.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Oh, well, let us know what you find.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 04/13/2006 10:23:52 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> 20 bass Steinway?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <P> <DIV>I'm currently working on rebuilding the action of a S&S. I measured it and it was slightly under 6'. Since it didn't have a letter stamped on the "yoke", I assumed it was an "O", since it was made in 1911. </DIV> <DIV>Having looked over the Hammer Boring charts, it dawned on me that the only 20 bass note S&S pianos are either a "B", (which this ain't), or an A. It's too new to be an A-1, so what the heck is it?</DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>