Gram-Richtsteig Pianos
Used In Seeburg Coin Pianos

Typical Edmund Gram plate in Seeburg G #12,312.

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz)

Typical Edmund Gram plate in Seeburg G #12,312. This full plate completely covers the pinblock and has numerous fancy scalloped and cloverleaf-shaped holes toward the lower right. An earlier version has an oval hole for the serial number instead of the rectangular hole shown here.
Faint impression of “Gram” barely visible on the plate for Seeburg J #8,854.

(Photograph courtesy of Dana Johnson)

Faint impression of “Gram” barely visible on the plate for Seeburg J #8,854.
Classroom scene at Max Richtsteig’s Technical School for Piano Construction.

Classroom scene at Max Richtsteig’s Technical School for Piano Construction, showing a typical Gram (or Gram-Richtsteig, or Richtsteig-Nussbaum) piano plate, with its unusual scalloped holes, near left center of the photo. (From Pianos and Their Makers, Volume II by Alfred Dolge, 1913; reprinted by Vestal Press as Men Who Have Made Piano History in 1980, Vestal, NY.)
Gram piano with “Richtsteig-Nussbaum Piano Company” overlay nameplate.

(Photograph courtesy of John Rutoskey)

Gram piano with “Richtsteig-Nussbaum Piano Company” overlay nameplate, in Seeburg style B #11214.
A mystery plate variation within the Gram numbering series in Seeburg G #11,089.

(Photograph courtesy of Dana Johnson)

A last-minute mystery: just as we were ready to upload this page, we found another plate variation in Seeburg G #11,089. This number falls within the normal Gram numbering series, but at least the lower part of the plate is different from the usual Gram plate. We await pictures of the upper part, or the same plate in other pianos, to learn more.
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