[pianotech] Steel High Back piano?

[David Stocker]

I have had similar descriptions for many pianos, it is an unenlightened reference to the plate. I'll bet the 1860 came from a patent listing or company founding date on the plate.

David Stocker, RPT
Tumwater, WA


From: Paul Mulik 
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 06:11
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Subject: [pianotech] Steel High Back piano?


I got a call yesterday from someone who wants me to come service his piano.  He said it was a "steel high back" piano made in 1860.  I didn't ask him to spell it, but that's what it sounded like.  He said it had been in his family a very long time, and he seemed proud of the fact that it was "numbered."

Does anybody have any idea what this guy is talking about?  I checked Pierce for spelling variations but couldn't find anything resembling "Steil" or "Heibach" or anything like that which would have been around in 1860.  I'm guessing this guy just has a common old upright from around 1900 and he thinks there's something special about it.  

Paul Mulik
Joplin, MO
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