David, > Sounds good, & fun, but a bit off topic in that it's not discussion of >everyday piano servicing and rebuilding which is the main reason for this >list, but I suppose if we always mark it OT or SOT (somewhat off topic) or >RT (related topic) or ??? How can an effort to facilitate accurate communication be off topic??!!! > One way of going about this would be to have a beefeater and an Aussie >go through the Schaff or old APSCO catalog item by item and write down any >terms that are different in the UK. And vice versa -- have a Yank go >through a British catalog -- surely there is one / are some? This wouldn't >cover many of the everyday tools that are common to many trades (saws, >screwdrivers, pliers, etc.), but a tool supply catalog could be used for >that. Kind of already been done, at least for piano parts. Nikolaus Schimmel/H.K.Herzog "Nomenclatur". I have Edition 2, 1983. In it are very detailed drawings with circles and arrows and occasional paragraphs further back, along with SIX columns of names for stuff. deutsch - English GB/USA - français - italiano - norsk - español -also- I have the old (pre-Renner-USA) Renner Hauptkatalog which has English/German/French for parts _and_ tools. So... The information IS out there... somewhere... Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS. Decorah, IA - Certified Calibration Technician for Bio-powered Digitally Activated Lever Action Tone Generation Systems. - Pianotech Flamesuit Purveyor - American Curmudgeon Society - Apprentice Member and Founder
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