[pkb]

Hi everyone, my freind has a Steinberg grand serial number 7512. Can anyone give me information on it? He's not on the net so I'm doing this for him. What year is it, how do we value it, and what's its history, can anyone help? You can email me at philipdbrady@hotmail.com if you prefer. I cant find anything else stamped on the piano apart from the name and the serial number.

[Bill Kibby]

There were at least four different piano firms named Steinberg, so the name is not enough information to pin it down. Dates of serial numbers are not available for all of them. AND...
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[pkb]

hi thanks for the reply, it says steinberg berlin and it looks like a musical note with a h on it. serial 7512 hope this might help. pkb.

[Bill Kibby]

This number is nothing like the publsihed ones, which are much larger, but I have no information about how accurate they are. Have a look at the Numbers page at www.PianoGen.org
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[Rolf Diekmann]

For more information on Steinberg, Berlin go to http://www.uk-piano.org/piano-forums/piano4728.html.
The piano with serial number 7512 must have been manufactured between 1908 (foundation of the company) and 1920. I guess it was around 1915.

[pkb]

thanks everyone for your help now can anyone reccomend a good valuer
so we can find its value pkb.

[Bill Kibby]

First, you need to get a tuner to test every one of the tuning pins, because if they are loose, replacing them may cost more than the piano is worth. Having tested them, the piano will need tuning. Then you can ask about values...
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[pkb]

hi everyone i have found out some more info,i have had it tuned today the tuning pegs are ok, it was supplied by crane and sons ltd, it has square legs not turned ones,it also has a roller action, and there is a number on the keys 643389 next to a plate which says lexow berlin, anyone help me with a date? or any information on this piano, its about 5ft 6inches from keys to rear. thanks pkb.

[pkb]

ps forgot something under the block at the end of the keys written in pencil is the number 31234 and the name prediger or predigir or piedigir
can you tell me who this is. thanks.pkb

[Bill Kibby]

If it's a Lexow number, it could be around 1926, but this would not be on the keys, it would be on the action. The name means nothing to me.
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[pkb]

the lexow stamp and number are on the action.