Note quite. The one I have does not have agraffs. It has a continuous brass rail with holes that the strings pass through in front of the pin block. There are only two strings per note. The plate is not in one piece but rather 5 separate components. The only solid part is where the hitch pins are inserted, (hitch plate I think they called them). The remaining parts are simple braces that are screwed together of which there are only two in the center. There is a very unique hitch pin arrangement. They are arranged in two rows. Every other note shares a common string and two hitch pins. The strings between them are on a single hitch pin but also share two notes. The pictures will illustrate this better. There are no dampers in the top section. > These are pics of an old Broadwood that I went to the other day. I wonder how it > compares in age to Robert's? this about 1860 > > Brian > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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