Stretcher

[andre oorebeek]

On Aug 3, 2008, at 9:07 AM, John Delacour wrote:

> At 05:42 +0200 3/8/08, andre oorebeek wrote:
>
>> Now I understand it.
>> "stretcher" is actually a strange name.
>> In my country it has a ridiculous name and nobody understands it.
>> ...
>> the Netherlands
>
> You don't want to take too seriously the names people invent on the  
> hoof on this list!  In England we call it the front rail, and in  
> Schimmel's Pianonomenclatur we get:
>
> Deutch: Vorstecker

another 'strange' one.

If I look in the dictionary, it tells me that "stecker(die ~) als in  
`Steckdose` " is :
socket (the ~), power-point (the ~), wall socket (the ~), plug-socket  
(the ~), wall plug (the ~), electric point (the ~)



>
> England: Lock-rail
> USA: front bar or rail

These I find better suitable.

>
>
> not that I find Schimmel always reliable.  Herbert Shead (English)  
> calls it the Front Rail or Lock Front.
>
> The Lock Rail is the rail on the top front half of a grand holding  
> the lock and also the rail in front of the keys on an upright.

Less practical, because both indeed usually contain a lock.

>
>
> "Stretchers" on a grand piano are the wooden rails that connect twin  
> legs to the lyre on pianos fashionable in the early 20th century.  
> Otherwise stretcher is a term from the boat-building trade.
>
> JD


Thanks for the trouble.

friendly greetings
from
André Oorebeek

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