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T E I N W A Y & S O N S
STEINWAY PIANO
SPECIFICATIONS & SERIAL NUMBER DATA
U.S.A. MANUFACTURE
Square Grand Pianos
SERIAL NUMBERS | DATES OF MANUFACTURE |
First One # 483 |
Made in 1853 |
Last One # 62,871 |
Made in 1888 |
Grand Pianos
MODEL |
SERIAL NUMBERS | DATES OF MANUFACTURE | ACTUAL SIZE | NUMBER OF KEYS |
Model D |
First One # 791 |
Made In 1856-1859 | 8' 3" | 7 Octaves |
Old Style 4 |
First One # 2522 |
1859-1864 | 8' 5" | 7 Octaves |
1869-1878 | 8' 6" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
1876-1884 | 8' 9" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
1884-1913 | 8' 10" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
1914-1966 | 8' 11 & 1/4" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
1967- | 8' 11 & 3/4" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
Model C | First One # 2,485 | Made In 1859-1869 | 7' 1" | 7 Octaves |
(Old Style 3) | 1870-1884 | 7' 2" | 7 & 1/3 | |
1884-1906 | 7' 3 &1/2" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
1885-1936 | 7' 5" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
Last Ones # 163,XXX | 1913 | 7' 5" | 7 & 1/3 | |
Model B | First One # 24,000 | Made In 1872-1884 | 6' 8" | 7 Octaves |
(Old Style 2) | 1884-1892 | 6' 10 &1/2" | 7 | |
1891-1913 | 6' 10 &1/2" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
1914-1917 | 6' 11 &1/2" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
1918-1966 | 6' 11" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
1967- | 6' 10 & 1/2" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
Model A | First One # 38,887 (Round Tail) | Made in 1878-1893 | 6' 0" | 7 Octaves |
Model A I | 1892-1897 | 6' 0" | 7 & 1/3 | |
Model A II | # 86,XXX (Square Tail) | 1896-1914 | 6' 0" | 7 & 1/3 |
Model A III | First One # 163,442 | Made in 1913 | 6' 4 &1/2" | 7 & 1/3 |
Last Ones # 318,XXX | 1947 | 6' 4 &1/2" | 7 & 1/3 | |
Model O | First One # 96,766 | Made in 1900-1913 | 5' 10" | 7 & 1/3 |
1914-1924 | 5' 10 & 1/2" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
Last Ones # 221,XXX | 1923 | 5' 10 & 1/2" | 7 & 1/3 | |
Model L | First One # 219,684 | Made in 1923- | 5' 10 & 1/2" | 7 & 1/3 |
Model M | First One # 149,500 | Made in 1911 | 5' 6" | 7 & 1/3 |
1914 | 5' 6 &3/4" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
1918- | 5' 7" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
Model S Baby Grand Piano | First One # 280,900 | Made In 1935- | 5' 1" | 7 & 1/3 |
Grand Player Pianos Note: Steinway sold the piano to Aeolian Co. who installed the Duo Art Mechanism
Model XR | Was 6' 2" | (Model M plus 7") |
Model OR | Was 6' 5" | (Model O or L plus 6 & 1/2") |
Model AR | Was 6' 11 &1/2" | (Model A III plus 7") |
Uprights
First One # 5,451 | Made in 1862 | 7 Octaves | ||
Last Ones # 270,XXX | Made in 1934 | 7 | ||
Model E | 1869 to 1872 | 4' 0" | 7 | |
(Style 1) | 1872 to 1892 | 3' 10" | 7 & 1/3 | |
1892 to 1898 | 4' 2" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
Model V | 1913 to 1934 | 4' 1" | 7 & 1/3 | |
Models F & O (also L, R, H, X, and T) | 1869 to 1884 | 4' 4" | 7 & 1/3 | |
(Style 2) | 1884 to 1898 | 4' 5 & 1/2" | 7 & 1/3 | |
Model I | 1989 to 1914 | 4' 6 & 1/2" | 7 & 1/3 | |
1914 to 1923 | 4' 6" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
Model N | 1900 to 1912 | 4' 4" | 7 & 1/3 | |
Model K | 1903 to 1914 | 4' 2" | 7 & 1/3 | |
1914 to 1929 | 4' 3 & 1/2" | 7 & 1/3 | ||
Model G (Also S, P, Q, M, K, and T) | 1874 to 1884 | 4' 8" | 7 & 1/3 | |
(Style 3) | 1884 to 1898 | 4' 8 & 3/4" | 7 & 1/3 |
Verticals (All have 7 & 1/3 Octaves)
Model 45 (P) | Pianino | First One | Serial # 291,575 | Made in 1938 |
Modern | Sk. 1051 | 297,678 | 1939 to 1941 | |
Louis XV | Sk 1056 | 297,660 | 1939 to 1941 | |
Model 40 | First One | 297,092 | Made in 1939 | |
Sheraton | Sk1057 | 297,092 | 1939 to 1946 | |
Colonial | Sk1052 | 297,094 | 1940 to 1941 | |
Queen Ann | Sk 1062 | 301,597 | 1940 to 1941 | |
Chippendale | Sk 1063 | 301,652 | 1940 to 1941 | |
Louis XV | Sk 1072 | 302,754 | 1940 to 1941 | |
Modern | Sk 1051 | 303,657 | 1940 to 1941 | |
Hepplewhite | Sk 1073 | 304,314 | 1940 | |
Regency | Sk 1071 | 308,572 | 1941 | |
Early American | Sk 1075 | 308,929 | 1941 | |
Georgian | Sk 1077 | 321,875 | 1947 to 1948 | |
Louis XV | Sk 1082 | 326,227 | 1949 |
Steinway Serial Numbers represent the approximate ending serial number for the year of production for New York and Hamburg pianos. Please Note: Serial numbers for some early production may span more than one year.
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