[pianotech] What do you call this kind of action?

[JWyatt1492 at aol.com]

Hello Floyd,
 
   This type of action made a come back in the early
30's ( 27% unemployment )  as a cost cutting measure.
 
  Several action Company's made them. including the
Thayer,  Seaverns  and Strauch Bros.
 
   They are  what they  seem to be.  Namely a 
" Single  Escapement" piano action for Grand pianos.
 
   Regulate them as you would an upright. That is
the shank  resting on the hammer rail.  
 
  M. Schultz,  W. P. Haines,   were  two of the  larger 
factories that used this type.
 
   Two such action models  are in the PTGF Museum 
now,  in addition to dozens of other rare models.
 
    Hopefully we will again have tours to the  Museum
at the 2011 Convention  to be  Kansas City.
 
Regards  
 
Jack Wyatt  RPT    
Dallas, Chapter    
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