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Update on Steck: I have continued my trawling and come across the following quote from the Mechanical Music Digest of December 1998: "American Stecks approach Gothas in the grandeur of their tone. They perhaps don't have the subtlety, but they do have depth and projection. They are, in this, tr...

You are probably correct, Bill.
After I have given my son his piano lesson tonight, I'll take a look at the Erard action.
(Off topic,it seems that we may have trodden similar paths, and I would like to pm you on your pianohistory.info email.)

Bill,
Erard s/n is 8523.
Thanks for the info on C. Martin

Bill, I have the serial no. (26685) which according to Pierce places it in 1902. The (Aeolian) player action bears a date of 1908. It is information on that particular model/style that I am trying to determine: it seems too "modern" a case to date back that far, but it has clearly never be...

Back in July I mentioned that I had a Steck (ex) pianola, 54" tall with a double iron frame. I have finally moved the clutter surrounding it and been able to see that the frame has cast into it "Model 26". It also has a plate inside that says "Style 306P". It is clearly an A...

Quite right, Bill. I saw the typo after I had posted. It is a Brooks action, but seems to have been well regulated in the past. Certainly it is remarkably responsive for such a basic action. Depth of touch feels just about perfect to me, and although repetition is not brilliant, it is quite acceptab...

Thanks for that, Bill. It would make perfectly good sense. This "Vichand" is late 20s - early 30s, I would guess. It's the double iron frame that suggested M&W - I couldn't think of another baby grand that might be so equipped. I must be a glutton for punishment: I also have a 1908 Ste...

Hello, My first posting on this site. I recently acquired a "Vichand" 4'6" baby grand in mahogany with a Simples action. I tried to find information about these pianos, and although I found a couple of "Art Deco" uprights listed, could discover nothing else about them. Now t...