Alan, Steinway did refer to the jack as the "fly", but we always referred to the knuckle as the knuckle. Maybe they called it a roller in the very early years, but we always called it the knuckle in the 60's and 70's. Al Guecia From: reggaepass at aol.com Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 5:40 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: Grand Jacks Doesn't Steinway, in their own particular dialect of piano-ese, call what others refer to as the jack, the "fly," and what others refer to as the knuckle, the "roller"? Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: Jim Moy <jim at jimmoy.com> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 2:10 pm 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? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get the MapQuest Toolbar. Directions, Traffic, Gas Prices & More! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080818/4b70d17c/attachment.html
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