<!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 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Calin et al.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You said:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"<FONT face=Arial size=2>On my = Steinway O, the date embossed at the far end of the plate is the day the plate was cast, = which is somewhat earlier than the day the piano was finished, of course. I guess = it should be the same on the other models."</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I say:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Nu! That's wrong! The date embossed on = the casting is the date of the patent. According to Herr. Ulrich @ St.S&S, Londinium"  ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>