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<DIV>Hi, for those of you who stateside, what distinguishs a New York =
S&S
from a Hamburg? There is a model O in the shop here and on the plate it =
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US patent and STEINWAY below the top treble pins, yet its serial# 288705 =
dates
it at 1936 but Piece says the model O was discontinued in 1923 in the =
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<DIV><BR>Brian Lawson, RPT<BR>Johannesburg, South Africa</DIV>
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