

I passed on it because it lacked a true sostenuto pedal - the middle pedal just lifted the bass dampers akin to a typical upright.

Schulz piano (from the mid-20s IIRC), and it was just OK, nothing special. If you're planning on ditching the reproducing mechanism, there's probably much better rebuilding stock available. I would be afraid that some important parts might be missing, and personally I wouldn't even be able to tell what should be there. But that's assuming the player mechanism is still intact. That makes it potentially interesting, to a very small subset of mechanical music enthusiasts at least.

one capable of playing dynamics - as opposed to the much more common pneumatic players. So, if I understand right that's a belt-driven reproducing piano, i.e.
