<!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 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Patrich, I can not tell without = seeing this in real time,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> but it appears to me it might be = some form of double escapement  feature for the upright.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI= V> <BLOCKQUOTE 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"><B>From:</B> <A title=pcpoulso@pacbell.net = href="mailto:pcpoulso@pacbell.net">Patrick C.Poulson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 14, 2003 = 12:12 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Odd Hammer Butt</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello All: I have take in an upright = with an unusual hammer butt, which is shown in the attached jpeg. It has a = little lever coming from the back of the catcher, which catches the tip of = the jack after letoff. It is actuated by a spring. I plan to replace the butts, = unless there is some unknown reason for keeping these oddities. Anyone seen = anything like this before? It is off of a 1885 Sohmer, a family heirloom.  = Thanks, Patrick</FONT></DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: = https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HT= ML>