At 05:08 AM 25/09/02 -0500, Conrad wrote:
>At 05:17 9/25/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>>Anybody wanna guess what the hamburg model O length is? I've got one too,
>>and it's for sale.
>>tom mc
>
>
>Ca. 1926 one we have here --- 170cm - ~5'7"
That sounds more like an "M". According to the Steinway Service Manual the
O introduced in 1900 is 5'10" and it was stretched 1/2" in 1914 to 5'10
1/2". It was discontinued in NYC in 1923.
An O is basically an L in a more elegant-looking (IMO) case.
John
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