At 07:13 8/10/2004 -0400, you wrote: >I was looking at an 1878 Steinway upright #44034 on ebay. > ><http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16220&item=3740397678&rd=1>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16220&item=3740397678&rd=1 > >Clearly in the picture is a full plate extending over the tuning pin >field. Most pianos made before the 1890s have an open pinblock, or even >just the 3/4 plate. Am I seeing this right? Was Steinway using a full >plate on their uprights back in 1878? > >Terry Farrell Terry, Sure looks like a full plate. With those 2 bi-chord and 3 tri-chord wound unisons and a jog in the tenor v-bar, could I safely conclude that it also has a third bridge? Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Vox-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076 The shortest distance between two points is under construction.
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