<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 9.00.8112.16450"></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Microsoft Sans Serif; COLOR: #4b6a74; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#4b6a74 size=2 face="Microsoft Sans Serif"> <DIV>Iv'e come across a couple of these over my career and certainly seen them in dealers and auction catlogues.  We had a Ronisch piano at school in Yorkshire identical to this, it seems to have been a classic Art Nouveau style.  One aspect I do appreciate is the peirced top door with cloth on the reverse.  Why on earth piano manufacturers abandoned this principle on upright pianos amazes me.  Upright pianos are traditionally shoved against a wall, have heavy solid panels on the front and the tone is vastly inhibited as a result.  I did see a new Steingraeber upright with a very modern take on this idea however.</DIV> <DIV>The extra spring on the jack is quite common on higher end Bechstein actions and on Broadwoods.   You need two small spring hooks to release them for part removal.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Richard</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>