It actually looks like they took a regular grand plate, and installed it vertically. Imagine if it were laid on its back, you would have a grand piano. Since it is a grand-oriented plate, I would imagine the tuning pins to be right above the keyboard on the front of the piano. The action is in the back, or if it were oriented like a grand, the underside of the plate. The tuning pins, therefore, would be unobstructed by the action in back, and be able to be tuned from the front. In one of the photos you can actually see the back of the pinblock behind the action- which seems to be a normal upright action mounted in reverse. While we're on the subject of pianos on Ebay, I just want to say that it really frosts me that these "antique" dealers don't want to pay the nominal fee to have these pianos tuned and evaluated by a piano technician. It doesn't cost much, and the fact that it has been gone over by someone who _is_ a piano expert should add to the credibility of the description. It's like buying a $250,000 car without having a mechanic look at it! --Justin.
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