<HTML>In a message dated 3/5/03 11:48:27 PM Central Standard= Time, pianolover88@hotmail.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">The tuning pins were positioned= on TOP, like a grand, with the piano strings extending down like going over = a "waterfall" is the best way to describe it! Piano was made by the now defunct Louis Zwick piano company, from Copenhagen, Denmark! What a gem of a= little piano.</BLOCKQUOTE> Terry I ran across this piano once too. But whereas you're in Los Angeles, I found= this one in a small village in the mountains of Southern Colorado. As you said, it is indeed a gem. It tuned up very nicely. I only saw the pia= no once, 10 years ago, so I can't give you any hint as to how to remove the = action. Wim </HTML>