<!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 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT size=2>Is this the "Thayer action"?  This Story & = Clark spinet from 1954 (S/N 246699) has an extra rail and flange, and two = extra action centers.  The back of the key has a capstan, that pushes up on a = horizontal arm that has an action center (attached to the extra rail) on the other = side of the capstan from the strings.  Instead of the typical rubber = grommets connecting to stickers, there's another proper action = center.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I've held one key down in this shot; you can barely = see the capstan on the key.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>