Spelling [wippen vs. whippen]

[Dave Smith]

I think we are confusing whippen with whippet, which is a sleek breed of
doggie...
Hope this helps

Anon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr@srvinet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: Spelling [wippen vs. whippen]


> Hi All,
> I went to Google and typed in wippen. <G>
> Under a German heading that had a translation it brought up swing and jack
> and that is pretty much what we are dealing with here.
> If you look up whippen on Google it shows that Renner lists the part as
> whippen and another site shows a Brass rail whippen.
> Both are correct by usage, however to me wippen is the way I chose to
refer
> to the part.
> It is sort of like refering to a Sousaphone as a tuba.  While a Susaphone
is
> technically not a tuba, usage by the general public has made the use of
tuba
> when refering to a Susaphone an accepted use of the word.
> Upward and onward, lets not major on minors.
>
> Joe Goss
> imatunr@srvinet.com
> www.mothergoosetools.com
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> From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Spelling [wippen vs. whippen]
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