Dick, I have one in our store and it is .... JUNK. The "J" arm as you describe makes it very heavy touch. It is pretty and we got $1995 when we sold it. It will go out in two weeks. Not a rare find, I have sold many of them over the years. They are nice to look at. Bill mentioned that this may be a square grand. That is not true. This is easy to work on and is a drop action. The action may not be sluggish, but heavy. The "J" arms weigh it down. Ed Tomlinson Dick Powell asked.... If anyone out there knows any thing about or has seen one of these pianos please let me know. Is it a rare & valuable old piano , or just an old weird piano? Also because of the big j shaped hooks attached to the keys , the action is quite sluggish.
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