<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">That action looks to be in very good condition. Is it a Langer?  I own a 112 year old Bechstein A1 grand with a Langer action - the piano looks like it is at least 112 year old, but the action looks like it's maybe 30 years old.<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the response.</div><div><br></div><div>Terry Farrell</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 31, 2012, at 11:30 AM, David Boyce wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <font face="Arial">I don't know Terry. This type of action, which I have encountered before in a Bechstein, has BOTH the ordinary coil jack springs AND additional spring & loop. Whether it made any actual difference to the efficiency of repetition, I doubt.<br> <br> Best regards,<br> <br> David.<br> </font> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 31/10/2012 15:13, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech-request@ptg.org">pianotech-request@ptg.org</a> wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:mailman.3613.1351696427.4133.pianotech@ptg.org" type="cite">And what do those springs do? Simply add more spring in the same manner as the more common coil jack spring? <div><br> </div> <div>Terry Farrell</div> </blockquote> <br> </div> <span><Spring & Loop plus coil spring.jpg></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>