<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think they went to a modern capstan by the turn of the 20th Century. My 1900 Bechstein has modern capstans - and the piano appears to be all original. I've seen the rocker type on 1890s Bechsteins - so mine must have been on of the first.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><BR> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana'"> <DIV> <DIV>And if any action work is called for, be prepared for rocker capstans to regulate hammer height.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I tune one of them that's been partially restored....beautiful sounding instrument, despite a bevy of false-beating at the high treble.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl </DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>