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  • 1.  Steinway question

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 03-27-2017 03:11
    Hello, all ... I'm doing an appraisal of a Steinway L, fair market value and also replacement (list) price. Since they don't make L's anymore, I'm thinking of going with the O list price, as being the closest comparable model available new. Is this a reasonable way to deal with the issue? Can anyone tell me when Steinway stopped making the L model? <thanks>

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    Susan Kline
    Philomath, Oregon
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  • 2.  RE: Steinway question

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 03-27-2017 05:47
    Hi Susan,

    The "O" was first, from about 1900 to 1923 in the US, and continuously in Hamburg.   the"L" went from 1923 to 2006 in the US, after which the "O" replaced the "L."  They share the same string scale.   Early "O's" had fixed sostenuto tabs, earliest had no rear aliquots.  

    They should be considered interchangeably in the marketplace.  

    All technicians should own the Kehl/Kirkland "The Official Guide to Steinway Pianos", a very cheap source of complete info about Steinway models and scales.

    Regards,

    Bill


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    Bill Shull, RPT, M.Mus.
    President, Shull Piano, Period Piano Center
    bdshull@aol.com
    www.shullpiano.com
    www.periodpianocenter.org
    Loma Linda, CA
    909 796-4226
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  • 3.  RE: Steinway question

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 03-27-2017 16:25
    Thanks, Bill, I'll get a copy. Very helpful.

    I'll explain in my appraisal about L's stopping and O's beginning (again) in 2006, and I'll use the O list price for the replacement value.

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    Susan Kline
    Philomath, Oregon
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