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Regulating the Viennese Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | However, a distinctive feature of Stein's instruments was the innovation (whether or not he invented it is uncertain) of replacing the stationary rail with individual spring-loaded excapement levers, one for each key. |
 | | Stein's daughter, the piano builder Nannette Stein (1769-1833) and her husband, Johann Andreas Streicher (1728-1792), moved the workshop to Vienna in 1795. |
 | | The Viennese piano builder Anton Walter (1752-1826) departed from Stein's action by including the use of longer and larger hammers, a check rail, a moveable rail to adjust the escapement, and brass capsules, which were easier to regulate and allowed a freer hammer pivot. |
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