User talk:Joelthesecond/Archives/2011/May

your "Rim" centennial Steinway D-270 from 1882/83

THX Joel 2nd, that's an important information and has very much to do with the subject. As the design changes "dropped in" slightly and were installed sometimes "byte by byte", there exist some "special transient" models. Tthere is a knowledge that in the "preparing phase" of the D-274 design (20 bass notes) also some of the last precedessors , the D-270 "Centennial" concert grands (17 bass notes), once got the continuous rim before 1884, patd. 1878/80 and which was first produced for the new Model A type 6ft. plus. These instruments are called "Rim Centennials" by the Steinway historians. I know of one other "Rim centennial". This instrument is mentioned in the well known book of Perri Knize, "Grand Obsession". As the edge to the pianist's right side in a rim grand is a round one (instead of a "sharp" edge with the non-contigouos rim but a "built corner"), there should also be a little modification to the "centennial" plate or frame.. , to have the resp. edge rounded. I would be VERY interested in a photograph of this "inner edge". Can you please email one photograph to b.beckschwarte@web.de? Thank you so much! Greetings from a centennial owner (early one, #35.xxx from 1877) to a centennial owner. These grands produce a phantastic sound..<pheew> .. ;-) And BTW yet to decide, whether the introduction of the rim for the biggest grands ca. in 1882/83 (for all centennials? for some "test examples" ? who knows? ) would need a correction in the article? Best regards AxelKing (talk) 11:26, 28 May 2011 (UTC)