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Topic: Looking for Steinway 90776 (upright 1898)  (Read 1667 times)

Offline pga78

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Looking for Steinway 90776 (upright 1898)
on: July 04, 2015, 10:50:21 AM
Does anyone know of the whereabouts of Steinway number 90776, upright ebonised style 1 (=model E) of 1898? An early known owner was a Mrs Hunter, 25 Wynnstay Gdns, London, who bought it in 1902.

Peter Adamson
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