<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>   Phil</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  All German Stwys I've seen have a rounded fallboard & cheeks. Also they <FONT size=4>all </FONT>have spruce keys.  There is no sugar pine in Europe. They also seem to crown there ribs a small amount, even as far back as 1905... or at least the ones I'm familiar with.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>How does one tell if a Steinway is from Hamburg? A friend of mine, now <BR>deceased, always claimed his "B" was a Hamburg Steinway (Off of a cruise <BR>ship).  His family is now having problems proving this to potential <BR>buyers.  I've always heard that the Hamburgs had a button lid lock in <BR>the side curve.  This one doesn't.  I've also heard that there is a <BR>different profile on the side of the keyboard.  Is this true?  Can you <BR>tell from the serial number (476778)?  Any other differences?  I'd <BR>appreciate your input.<BR><BR>Phil Ryan</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>