Doesn't the plate say New York only on NY production and New York, Hamburg on Hamburg production? David I. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf > Of Bdshull@AOL.COM > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 12:08 AM > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: S&S Hamburg New York > > > Hi, Brian: > > All of the standard Hamburg Steinways which I have seen have a > curved arm on > each side, the New Yorks after the early 'teens have a squared > off arm. 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. The > standard music > desk is more "European" looking also, with half circle fronts on the side > pieces, not the 1/4 circle inside cutouts typical of that period to the > present on the NY piano. > > Hope this helps. > > 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 > >> >
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