Iv'e come across a couple of these over my career and certainly seen them in dealers and auction catlogues. We had a Ronisch piano at school in Yorkshire identical to this, it seems to have been a classic Art Nouveau style. One aspect I do appreciate is the peirced top door with cloth on the reverse. Why on earth piano manufacturers abandoned this principle on upright pianos amazes me. Upright pianos are traditionally shoved against a wall, have heavy solid panels on the front and the tone is vastly inhibited as a result. I did see a new Steingraeber upright with a very modern take on this idea however. The extra spring on the jack is quite common on higher end Bechstein actions and on Broadwoods. You need two small spring hooks to release them for part removal. Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121030/17628516/attachment.htm>
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