<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=1>>>IF that is a Steinway, it's a = Hamburg. The clue is the Capo bars in the Bass/Tenor/Treble areas. Either that or I = haven't been paying attention to my Steinways, lately.<G> I'm saying it = ain't a Steinway.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=1>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT size=1>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. >></FONT><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>It is a Steinway. This one has the third bridge. = What amazes me is that the speaking length of the first wound string in the = tenor, C sharp 29, is about 13 inches shorter than its neighbouring plain string. = The bass break starts at note E20. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> As you can now see the capo bar is only in the = treble. The tenor and bass has the agraffes which made the piano an absolute pig = to tune. The strings kept jumping back into the kink created by the agraffes.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>If anyone knows the model designation please = tell me. The serial # is 90964.  (1899)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The soundboard is plastered in decals dedicated = to kings and queens, emperors and many other a%"&*%*# 's governing Europe at = the time, so it is definitely a Hamburg.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Alan Forsyth</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>PS.  Something I learned yesterday; before = moving a grand piano, clean it out so all the debris inside doesn't slide down to the = bass end when the piano is tilted on it's side. There was an old coin in this one = that lodged itself under the back of the bass keys preventing the hammers = from falling below the level of the pinblock and consequently making it = difficult to extricate the action. %"&*^"%>@*&"!.................................................= ................</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:005f01c47cee$5acc5de0$0100007f@ACER" align=baseline border=0></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT = size=2></FONT> </DIV></FONT></STRONG></DIV></BODY></HTML>