<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @font-face { font-family: Arial Rounded MT Bold; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } P { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: = "Times New Roman" } SPAN.EmailStyle18 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=white> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Phil Bondi and Terry Farrell et al.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some time ago I down-loaded from = S&S Technical Info. the following data:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A (Round Tail) 6' 0" Introduced = 1878  (may I suggest this is AI?)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A (Square Tail) 6' 0" Introduced = 1896  (may I suggest this is A II?)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>AIII    =               6' 2" Introduced 1913</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This last one is what I have and what I = believe Barbara Richmond has.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>According to S&S (and they should = know) they never made a 6' 1" model.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The interesting point here is - look at = the date embossed on the plate at the tail end. S&S told me specifically that = this was the Patent date. This info I got from Ulrich in London = S&S.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK)</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 17, 2003 11:23 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Help with Steinway Model..</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hey Phil,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Larry Fine has some specifics regarding these = models in his book in the chapter on "buying a used piano - Steinway (NY) models". = I see that some responses have stated that the A1 was 6' 0" and the A2 was 6' = 1". Mr. Fine indicates whereas that is indeed what the Steinway catalogs = state, but in practice the actual models varied by about an inch - so indeed you = could run across a model A1 and A2 of the same length. I guess part of that = "unique personality thing". Must have been fun fitting the same size plate to = pianos that varied by an inch - or maybe the plates varied by an inch also. I = wonder, was any effort extended to put the oversized plates into the oversized cases?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Arial color=navy = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> = <A = href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: = bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Phil Bondi<BR></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial = size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial = color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">I seem to be getting differing strong opinions as to what model this gem = might be..and I appreciate those opinions, publicly and privately.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial = size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial = color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">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?</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial = size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial = color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial">Thank you for the help,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial = size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV> <DIV> <P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" = color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT = Bold'">-Phil Bondi(FL)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Arial Rounded MT Bold" color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Rounded MT = Bold'">phil@philbondi.com</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT = face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial = size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial = size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial = size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>