<HTML>In a message dated 4/30/03 10:09:25 PM Central Dayligh= t Time, Piannaman@aol.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">It was a 1947 George Steck.&nbs= p; The first interesting thing I noticed when I took off the music desk was = that the lifter wires did not slide into slots on the ends of the keys.&nbsp= ; Instead, there were holes drilled through the key-ends that the wires poke= d through.  Lost motion regulation was accomplished by turning a round = wood nut that was held in place by a cork nut like you find on many player p= arts.  My first thought was "how do you get these out of here without a= major hassle and crumbling pieces??"  I opened the bottom to adjust the pedal mechanism, and I found my answer:&nb= sp; there is a rail with flanges screwed to it iunder the keybed that has li= fters to which the lifter wires are attached.  The whippens rest on a f= elt platform at the opposite end of each lifter.  So one has to detach = nothing to get the action out, except the four bracket bolts.  Definitely a better mousetrap, but I'm sure in the end it proved far too cos= tly to fabricate.  Anybody else ever seen one of these?  I was als= o surpised by the lack of false beats in the high treble(though, as usual, t= he bass was torture). Dave Stahl </BLOCKQUOTE> I had one of these, too. I had to replace all the leather grommets under the= wood dowels. What a pain in the..... Wim </HTML>