MH BB Pinblock/Stretcher Definition

[andre oorebeek]

On Aug 3, 2008, at 5:46 AM, Jack Houweling wrote:

> Hi Andre',
>
> Long time no hear.........

(;>))


> When you lift the fallboard it touches the strecher.  Here are other  
> names used for this part you might know.    Frontal bar: front bar  
> (Pratt, Read & Co.) ; front rail (Baldwin, Schimmel) ; front beam;

These make sense.


> upper beam (Kawai, Yamaha)

Possible, but not very clear


> ; stretcher (Jellen, Caskey)

strange


> ; stiffener bar (Defebaugh)

a bit strange

> ; cornice (Steinway)

actually to the point :

cornice(the ~) als in `cornice`:
kader (het ~), lijst (de ~), rand (de ~ (m)), raam (de ~ (m)),  
omlijsting(de ~ (v)), kroonlijst (de ~)


> ; bellyman strip.

understandable to English speaking piano technicians, but not very  
clear...


>
> Cheers,
> Jack Houweling
>


Cheers to you my friend!


friendly greetings
from
André Oorebeek

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