£3,200
Good ebonised Steinway & Sons boudoir grand piano inscribed on the frame 'Repetition Action Pat. Steinway & Sons. New York, Hamburg. Capo d'Astro Pat. Duplex Scale Pat., ser. no. 208242' (1921), the case supported upon square section tapering legs terminating in brass caps and castors, 74" long, 59" wide (case key and soft cover)
**Ivory submission reference 274UB4J1
Wrest plank - firm and no obvious splits
Wrest pins - badly corroded in the bass section
Bass strings - reasonable
Treble strings - good
Frame - no visible cracks (only some in finish - not in frame)
Soundboard - no visible cracks
Action - wear on checks and rollers. Otherwise in reasonable order.
Hammers - wear on heads but not severe
Dampers - good
Keys - Ivory - in good order
Key bed - reasonable order
Lyre - worn but working, 3 pedal
Casework - Black polish with marks commensurate with its age. Damage to curved rim of lid
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