unusual dampers

[John Delacour]

At 19:18 -0400 21/3/08, Farrell wrote:

>So what if anything holds the strings in place? Are there pins like 
>on an American upright? If so, you could always hack some of those 
>off and reinstall with improved spacing.

I should have said that it has a capo tasto right through the scale, 
so the strings run perfectly straight from the pin, under the capo 
tasto and on to the bridge.  Besides, there is nothing wrong with the 
spacing.  Good makers did not make elementary mistakes in 1870.

JD