Re:  Steinway Serial Number and Other Interesting Finds

In a message dated 9/18/99 11:28:38 PM, rolls@foxtail.com writes:

> Another suggested looking in other places for the number and I did
> and Icame up with an ID "F 1019." This number is found on the plate
> and so far I have found it stamped on the underside of the key bed
> and the pedal lyre. What do you make of this number?

I think this is the "case number". You will find it stamped on a number
of wood parts. Other places you may find it hidden include underneath
one of the piano legs (have to remove it) and underneath the square
block that runs the length of the short folding section of the piano
lid. The Steinway factory maintained a list of case number to serial
numbers, though it may have been passed onto the Smithsonian by now.

Good luck,
-Jim