![]() ![]() I read that the Chinese company Pearl River makes a line of Steinbach pianos but am not sure when they started? Although Malaysia/Singapore are close to Australia, where Alex.Steinbach pianos are sold, their logo seems definitely to include the "Alex" and mine is just "Steinbach. It has the insignia of the Singapore retailer that originally sold it under the cover on the right. The serial number stamped on the soundboard, 9884, when typed into an online program, yielded "after 1925" and the Turin Steinbach company that the other poster referred to. Any information I can give them about the piano would be helpful, since it's not a brand we see much in the U.S., although my dad thinks Steinbachs were reasonably common in Asia. I plan to get an opinion from a tuner/technician as to whether it makes sense to repair this piano and move it to my home 90 miles away. I may be biased, but I preferred it to the sound of some newer pianos I recently tested in our modest price range, eg. For not having been tuned regularly since, the sound still seems pretty good, though a few keys stick. After lifting up the lid, look along the top front area of the plate. The piano was shipped to California in 1980 and I continued to play it until I left home around 1990. Serial number locations are found: 1) On the pianos cast iron plate. My parents bought it in Malaysia in 1977, supposedly nearly new, from some neighbors who were moving. ![]() I am also trying to find information about a Steinbach upright, though it has the name logo in script, unlike the pictures from the previous poster, and no Latin motto or royal blazon. ![]() Hello, I hope you'll excuse my joining this thread. ![]()
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