This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Piano Parts and Their Functions by Merle H Mason ( second printing ) Page 4 #14 Name board strip: upstop rail (Wurlitzer); name rail (Kohler and Campbell). (My note: "Thump rail" is NOT found. ;<) ) All this fwiw. John Fortiner Billings, MT _____ From: Mark Potter [mailto:bases-loaded76@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 9:21 PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Today's Puzzler Tom - Been calling it 'thump rail' for 28 years, for no other reason than that's what my mentor called it, and it stuck (plus I kinda like the sound of it, too). OK, not a good defense, but the only one I've got! How about key upstop rail? In most consoles, the fallboard is hinged to a separate piece of wood that sits above the keys and is screwed into the cheeks. THAT'S what I call the thump rail. What IS the proper name, and what is the sentence from the nomenclature police? ;-) Mark Potter tom driscoll <tomtuner@comcast.net> wrote: Nomenclature police here--What the heck is a thump rail ? Fall strip felt? Tom Driscoll Subject: Re: Today's Puzzler Thump rail felt loose, catching on keytop? Mark Potter Phil Bondi <phil@philbondi.com> wrote: This is more for the benefit of the newcomers to the field..but you seasoned grizzled vets may chime in I suppose.. The piano was 85 miles away..one way..don't ask, but it tuned fine..client was happy when I was done, and away I go. I'm not more than 5 miles away and I get a call saying that middle C is sticking and it wasn't sticking before..yea, and it didn't stick on me when I was tuning either..weird. It's a console piano, and its manufacturer is insignificant..so..why did Middle C stick after I was done tuning it? Here is your only clue: the cause of the problem was in no way directly related to any action parts..and it's not as obvious as you think, you grizzled vets! I happen to catch it instantly..I got lucky. -Phil Bondi(Fl) _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/27/98/ca/28/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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