Thanks for the additional info, Dave. I know the instrument well, because I'm working on an identical one right now. The difference is that years ago some bozo technician removed the player action because it was no longer working and supposed threw it out. Most likely he sold the player parts to someone who rebuilds players. Nice ethics, huh? Two questions that I do have: Where is the player located, and have you established an asking price? Although the Duo-Art reproducer was the only player installed in domestic Steinways and is identifiable by the fact that the spoolbox lies under a hinged door under the music desk, I actually once saw a Steinway player with a drawer under the keybed and an Ampico mechanism instead. About ten years ago I had a call from a lady who had just bought a "beautiful Steinway player grand". She wanted me to tune the piano and give her an estimate as to what it would take to rebuild the non-working player. When I got to her house and walked into the living room and saw the piano, three things were immediately apparent: One, the piano DID HAVE a drawer under the keybed; two, the pedal lyre was definitely NOT Steinway; and three, the Steinway decal on the fallboard was put on crookedly and running downhill. Smelling a rat, I went over to the piano, raised the lid and there on the plate was the name LINDEMEN!!!!!!! I thought the lady was going to have a heart attack on the spot. She obviously had thought that she had bought a Steinway. She didn't even let me tune it. She just paid me for my time for coming out and told me that she was going to contact the seller immediately. I never heard from her again. And all these years I've always wondered: Did she return it to the seller? Or, did she, perhaps, keep it and even today still tells people, "Oh, yes, that's a Steinway. You know, they don't build them like that anymore!". Les Smith lessmith@buffnet.net
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