Well contrary to common belief I wasn't around when the expression was coined so I can only guess. Many have referred to the jack as the fly and since in this operation you roll the jack under the knuckle I'd suppose that's where the expression began. dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jim Moy Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 4:10 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Grand Jacks On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 7:30 AM, AlliedPianoCraft <AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com> 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.... Where did that expression come from anyway?
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