<HTML>List, I went to Greg Debrisay's house today to check out the Haines baby grand= that has been talked about on the list of late.  It was my first look = at one of these pianos.   The mechanism is purty durned simple.  The soft pedal is a lift sys= tem rather than a shift system.  The repetition spring, besides lifting= the hammer without the aid of a balancier, also assists the jack.  The= re are two regulating buttons, one for drop, and one for let-off.  &nbs= p; There is a disclaimer on the hammer flange rail that states that the rep= etition springs were set at precisely the correct load by the manufacturer, = and should only be regulated if absolutely necessary(that's a paraphrase). &= nbsp;There is a picture of the proper tool next to the text. It seems to me that the goal of the company was to use as few raw materi= als as possible (the piano WAS made in the depression).  The keybed con= sists of a few crosspieces that the action rests on, with two very large squ= ares of open space on either side of the center divider.   I applaud Greg for making a really tidy jig out of a piece of plywood an= d rods of different diameters that does a great job of making new springs to= replace the ones that have broken.  Very inventive!  I see a futu= re PTG member here. Dave Stahl </HTML>