<!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 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <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></BODY></HTML>