<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Is it the two rows or the fact that the strings are contacting other pins the problem?<div><br></div><div>In any case, given that this is an 1880s piano, I think it is very far advanced compared to most, and perfectly functional for 130 years, so i would not view it as a company disgrace.</div><div>If this is an example of what was wrong with Bechstein pianos in 1880, most other contemporary companies would have loved to have Bechstein's problems.</div><div><br></div><div>As an aside, virtually all British pianos I see, even 50 years younger, are far more stuck in the dark ages than this piano.</div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">Jurgen Goering<br><br><br><br><br><br><br></span></div><div> </div> <br></div></body></html>