Hi Ed Its got the Patent Action. The damper system is similar to the modern one. I havent any pictures of the action or back action... but thats a doable. Hammers look to be the origional for the instrument. Remember... this is not exactly a forte' piano... its a cross over between those and a modern grand. Note the plate configuration. A back plate, and a plate for the pin block, coupled together with removable struts. The front termination for the tenor and bass is basically a bridge with two rows of bridge pins to clamp the string. Its covered by a metal bar with felt on the underside to aid in holding the strings down. The treble and diskant sections are terminated with a metal detactable <<aggraffed>> capo bar like device. I'll have to take some pics tommorrow or monday and post them. Cheers RicB Ric- This time the pictures came through. Those don't look like Viennese action dampers. What kind of action does it have? Are those replacement hammers? (No leather) Ed
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