<!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 6.00.2800.1498" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yesterday, I ran into a real puzzler! = Steinway "B". Fallboard has brass Steinway lettering w/New York & Hamburg listed. = Three Pedals. 1908 vintage. Plate looks like a New York in all ways. Round = turned & fluted legs. Round Tail. Everything looks like New York, until I = pulled the action. Even that looked pretty standard, for the age. Shanks, = original, round. Hammers have been replaced w/Steinway, vintage pre 70's. The = wippens do not have the jack alignment spoon/screw adjust. Hmmm? everything looks normal.......Yikes! The wippen has assist springs, but not as we are = used to seeing them! The spring goes through a hole in the tail of the wippen, horizontally. What the..???? I've never seen this before. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So far, I've gleaned some history of = the instrument. It was purchased new, by a family in Germany. In the late = 30's they fled Germany to England. Later moved to the US. The owner retired to = England, but left the piano in the US. Piano was sold in the Estate, thingee. The = current owner is going to call Steinway, Monday to try an track this down, as to = origin. In the meantime, have any of you seen a Steinway of this vintage with = "turbo springs"? As the King of Siam said: "Is a puzzlement!"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>