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Hi,

Back online after some time abroad....

The action in the Cramer dates to circa 1890 - very unusual, hard to regulate, and not the best action in terms of playability, but nontheless interesting.

Kind regards

Barrie, Thank you for your reply. As requested, there are two images (links below) to files on image shack. The first is a pic of the action from above - hopefully it is clear enough - the second is a hand sketch I have made of the action - together the two might give you a clearer picture (pardon t...

Barrie, Thanks for the reply - and apologies for the late response. Unfortunately, the simplex action does not correspond to what I have. Any other ideas. To clarify, there are two springs, one pushing the jack against the hammer knuckle, and another opposite it pushing what looks like a parallel sh...

Hi, I have aquired a Cramer Baby grand and am attempting to get it fairly operational, however I'm confused with the action - it doesn't conform to a regular grand action in that there is no rollers or repetition lever - the jack pushes directly up on the hammer. After the hammer hits the string and...