Grand Jacks

[Michael Magness]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:24 PM, AlliedPianoCraft <
AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com> wrote:

> If you're referring to Steinway, they called it "rolling the flies". I was
> taught to "roll the flies and watch for the "wink"". <G>
>
> Al Guecia
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 9:37 AM
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Subject: Re: Grand Jacks
>
>
> Al, et al,
>>
>> I get senior citizen discounts some places and I vaguely remember someone
>> calling it "rolling the flies", but I seem to recall that the makers of the
>> standard piano of the world called it "wink".
>> ;-}
>>
>>
>> AlliedPianoCraft wrote:
>>
>>> I'm happy to see that there is another "old timer" on this list who uses
>>> the term "rolling the flies". I'm not alone.....I'm not alone....
>>>  Al Guecia
>>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Porritt, David <mailto:dporritt at mail.smu.edu>
>>>
>>> Repetition lever set too low.  What you did was the way to check the
>>> repetition lever height.  Old timers call that "rolling the flies".
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician
>> Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
>> 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
>>
>>
>> Remember that, while money talks,  CHOCOLATE SINGS!
>>
>>

My pianos are all clean and have no "flies" they "wink"
<grin>

Mike
-- 
I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work.
Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything
worthwhile.
Walter Chrysler



Michael Magness
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