<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <font face="Arial">Anne and Richard, thank you very much for those responses. <br> <br> Anne, I was indeed struck while tuning the piano by its being a terrific instrument. In point of fact it was hard to tune, because, having a good scale, everything was audible and as it hadn't been tuned for over a year, I had to work hard to get it to sound nice.  <br> <br> I gripped the leg to haul myself up after lubricating the pedals and was surpriszed that the piano rooled very easily forward on its century-old casters.<br> <br> The rear of the pedals, in their brackets, are enclosed in a neat little box with a closing plate on top, and four holes in the plate to apply lubrication!<br> <br> Becsteins are not all equally good, as I am sure we all find, but this one is indeed super.<br> <br> Best regards,<br> <br> David.<br> </font><br> <br> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 30/10/2012 18:00, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech-request@ptg.org">pianotech-request@ptg.org</a> wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:mailman.2.1351620002.22364.pianotech@ptg.org" type="cite"><br> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode"> <style type="text/css">p { margin: 0; }</style> <div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000">You have there a model that was designed by the English Arts and Crafts furniture designer Walter Cave right at the turn of the previous century. It was available in oak or mahogany.  Terrific instruments. They restore to compare with the best uprights made today.<br> <br> <div><span name="x"></span><br> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html>