Accelerated action

[Keith A. McGavern]

>List,
>   Please excuse me showing my ignorance here. I should have found this out
>years ago.
>   Could someone explain exactly what an accelerated action is and how it
>works? How is it different from the "normal" action?
>   Could having it or not affect the cost of a used S & S?
>   Thanks for any help.
>
>Avery Todd, RPT

Dear Avery, List,

I may be joining you in your claim to ignorance here, Avery, by answering
your post.

Two things come to my mind: 1) the balance rail bearings, rather than
balance rail punchings, are an indication of an "accelerated action", and
2) the method of weighing the keys is different.  On an Steinway
"accelerated action", the factory starts at the balance rail and works its
way out towards the end of the key rather than putting the keyleads out
towards the ends of the keys first.

Waiting to feel the heat        :-)

Keith A. McGavern, RPT
kam544@ionet.net
Oklahoma Chapter 731
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA