[pianotech] What is the Steinway term for 'whippen'

[Porritt, David]

John:

Could that list be published or made available somehow so we can have some consistency in our use?

dp

David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu


From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of John R. Granholm
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 1:10 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] What is the Steinway term for 'whippen'

Who in our trade is charged with the task of determining the
"correct" spelling? According to Bill Garlick, it was "Whippen" in 1975. I will stick with that.
    Is that a jack or a fly?  Repetition or Balancier? Wrestplank or pinblock?

This is indeed an issue, especially when putting together the Journal.

We finally had to come up with a standard nomenclature list for Journal use.  We consulted Piano Parts and their Functions as an authority, but even it contradicts itself, so we came up independently with what we thought was best and most common usage, and what made sense to us.

For the Journal anyway, it's wippen, pinblock, etc. -- our nomenclature list is longer than you might think.  We have no desire to proclaim correctness, but feel it's important to be consistent with terminology, so you don't read about a wippen in one article and a whippen in the next one.

John Granholm RPT
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