Steinway NY Re-Introduces the O (to replace the L)

[pianotune05]

Hi List,
Is Steinway's website, steinway.com, as I would guess?  I'd like to learn 
more about the pianos they have and other companies websites if available. 
This way if I come across a piano, I can say, oh yeah, I know that modle?
Marshall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Richmond" <piano57@insightbb.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: Steinway NY Re-Introduces the O (to replace the L)


> Aw shucks, with the re-introduction of the A & O, there goes Joe
> Bisceglie's line (I believe it was his line, anyway) about the models...
>
> S is for small
> M is for medium
> L  is for large
> B  is for big
> D  is for damn big
>
> :-)
>
> Barbara Richmond
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> To: "Cy Shuster" <cy@shusterpiano.com>; "Pianotech List" 
> <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 12:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Steinway NY Re-Introduces the O (to replace the L)
>
>
>> I'm working on a 1923 Steinway that says "Miniature"
>> on the plate, but is only 5',6-1/2", so I presume it's
>> a "M", although there are no other designations on the
>> plate other than a bunch of leters and numbers at the
>> tail which I don't understand. Do you know what they
>> mean ?
>> --- Cy Shuster <cy@shusterpiano.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>> http://www.steinway.com/features/MainFeature_SteinwayO.shtml
>>>
>>> Steinway & Sons New York Re-Introduces The Steinway
>>> Model O
>>>
>>>
>>> In 1902, the Model O was first produced by the
>>> Steinway & Sons New York
>>> factory and introduced to the American consumer
>>> market as the "Miniature"
>>> Steinway grand piano. It was the Model O that was
>>> the first Steinway grand
>>> piano to feature the classic Steinway case design
>>> known as Sketch 380
>>> Sheraton (squared off, spade-shaped legs) designed
>>> by Eugene F. Ayuso, now
>>> the standard case design for all Steinway grand
>>> models.
>>>
>>> When the Model O grand was a brand new scale, it
>>> reflected several major new
>>> technical innovations with its unprecedented
>>> incorporation of 26 notes in
>>> the bass section. The plate design did not
>>> incorporate adjustable rear
>>> duplexes, but had instead solid duplex ribs cast in
>>> the plate. Examination
>>> of early Model O grands reveals that Henry Ziegler
>>> who designed this model
>>> conducted many experiments and made several
>>> adjustments in features and
>>> layout. In 1902 and again in 1904, New York factory
>>> log book entries for
>>> Model O grands say, "Model A shape" (i.e., square
>>> tail instead of standard
>>> Model O round tail). These few early experimental
>>> Model O grands with square
>>> tails might well be considered to be the earliest
>>> predecessors of the Model
>>> L grand.
>>>
>>> As mentioned, Henry Ziegler (1857-1930) designed and
>>> invented the Model O.
>>> He also designed and invented the Models M (1912)
>>> and L (1923), both of
>>> which are based on the original Model O design and
>>> scale. The Model M (5'7")
>>> is a slightly shorter version of the Model O. The
>>> Model L is essentially the
>>> same scale as the Model O but with a square tail,
>>> rather than round. The
>>> Model S (5'1"), which was introduced in 1936, is
>>> also based on the Model O
>>> design and scale.
>>>
>>> In 1906, the Model O bass bridge was changed from
>>> straight to curved, and
>>> the plate was reconfigured to accommodate adjustable
>>> rear duplex scales.
>>>
>>> In 1914, the length of the Model O was increased
>>> slightly by 1/2" from 5'10"
>>> to 5'10-1/2". On November 7, 1924, the last of these
>>> historic Model O grands
>>> were produced in New York.
>>>
>>> Now in 2006, the Steinway & Sons New York factory
>>> has announced that it will
>>> return to the production of the original fully
>>> developed version of the
>>> Model O grand with its characteristic round tail,
>>> curved bass bridge, and
>>> rear duplex scales as perfected in his time by Henry
>>> Ziegler-but with all of
>>> the modern technical innovations that have followed:
>>> Accelerated Action
>>> (1931), Diaphragmatic soundboard (1936), Hexagrip
>>> Wrestplank (1963),
>>> Permafree II Action Bushings (1983), and NY Improved
>>> Action (1992) to name a
>>> few.
>>>
>>> The reintroduction of the Steinway Model O grand
>>> piano is intended to
>>> replace the similarly sized Steinway Model L grand.
>>> The Model O will now be
>>> produced in both the Steinway & Sons New York and
>>> Hamburg factories.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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