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        Here is an old brochure advertising the new Wood & Brooks 90 degree direct-blow action.  What makes this action interesting is it use of a horizontal jack and a grand-style back-check system.  This was done in order to compress the action into a spinet case without having to shorten the hammer shank.  I have never come across this action, so I do not think they sold very many.  Nor do I have any idea how well it worked.  I will leave this here for a while and then find something just as interesting to post.