Any Steinway Experts Out There?

[mnjbates]

Hi. I was just given my in-laws Steinway & Sons piano. It needs a little work and I'm still waiting to hear back from a local Steinway tech who was highly recommended to let me know just just what needs to be done to make the piano more playable. Anyway, I'm trying to solve a little mystery (at least a mystery to ME) and I was hoping that someone on this forum could help.

The piano has a serial # that indicates that it is a 1907 grand (I got that info from Steinway's web site). Just above the serial number on the piano, it indicates that it is a Model L; however, I have read that Model L pianos were not produced by Steinway until 1923. Can anyone shed any light on this apparent contradiction? Thanks so much for any help that you can provide!

Matt Bates

[bench warmer]

Try posting that question here also: https://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/forum/3.html

There may be some Techs there who can give you an authoritive answer.

[iumonito]

I think you are right about the model L being post 1923, so I would tend to think you either did not look at the serial number, or the serial number records are incorrect.  A piano that size in 1907 would have been a model O, I think.

POssibly the number you are looking at is the plate number, and not the serial number.  Are there any numbers in the keybed?

I bet this is a lovely piano.  Model O and model C are the only Steinways I like.

[penguinlover]

Wow, you were just GIVEN an Steinway!  How lucky is that!  Congratulations.