Stephen: I stand corrected - the instrument is a sort of hybrid period instrument and not an explicit Graf reproduction (David Breitman here confirms that for me). I'm not an expert on the various specifics of historical pianos. At any rate, my task was to quieten this thing down, and the shims worked well. " Does the McCobb have hardwood key buttons on *top* of the keys, over the front bushings, as used by Graf?" I don't understand this question, maybe you could elaborate? On our piano here the hardwood shoes are on the underside of the keys at the front rail. It's conceivable they may have been add-ons, I don't know for sure. But they certainly were noisy, and a bad idea. Allen Wright Oberlin
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