It's been a long time since I tuned my viola, but I believe I used a tuning peg to do so. Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN, USA On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:47 PM, David Boyce <David at piano.plus.com> wrote: > My first thought was that a "peg" is always wooden whereas a "pin" is more > generally used of a metal piece. However, I am thinking mainly of UK usage, > and on checking "Peg" in the dictionary, am reminded that what in the UK we > call "clothes pegs" are, in the USA, called "clothes pins". > > I don't think this really helps...... > > Best, > > David. > > > >If technically inaccurate and misleading but widely used nomenclature is > defended so vigorously on a technical list, why don't we call tuning pins > pegs (or do we?)? Pretty much everyone else out >there does, and it's not an > inaccurate description. Just wondering. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090515/896705b2/attachment.htm>
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