I also has a 1938 M in the shop, that length on C8 is 48 mm. A sweet piano, sold :-) Also, on the S, there is enough negative rear bearing to slip a piece of paper under the strings and on the exposed lower adjacent notes (broken strings) the string impressions stop about 1/4" behind the front pins. -- Regards, Jon Page
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