Bdshull@AOL.COM wrote: > Hi, Brian: > > The Hamburg "Steinway and Sons" half circle logo cast into the plate is devoid > of > any other notations, plain, on one 1936 "C" I service. Hope this helps. > Thats what I thought too... but I have this Steinway Miniature model I service from time to time that has the supposedly New York additions to this half circle logo. Upon ordering a set of Bass Strings for this it turned out that this was indeed a Hamburg Steinway and the strings I got were all wrong. Had to go through a real hassel to get it all straightened out and have been unsure of this rule of thumbs since. > > Bill Shull, RPT > Loma Linda, CA > > In a message dated 10/9/00 11:53:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > lawsonic@global.co.za writes: > > << 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 has Reg 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 US. > > Brian Lawson, RPT > Johannesburg, South Africa > >> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway
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