Hi all,  I have a Steinway Vertegrand Pianola which Steinway's web
site thinks was manufactured in 1915.  I have my doubts, since it
doesn't have a Duo-Art system but does have Themodist Metrostyle
and Temponamic.  I suspect it was probably a year or two earlier.

Anyway, I'm trying to get it professionally restored this year, but
the original decal has been replaced by a modern one.  Does anyone
have a 1914-15 New York Steinway with original decal and can tell me
what style it was?  Mine looks to be the same as this one:

http://pianola.org/images/display_area%20graphics/historyjpgs_steinwaypla.jpg
 

and from the looks of things (very hard to see in this photo) it was
the smaller, simpler decal that said STEINWAY PIANOLA rather than the
more fancier, florid "Steinway & Sons" decal which seems to have been
phased out a couple years earlier.

Any help appreciated!  My serial number is 171344.

Cheers,
Robert Perry
New Zealand