Thanks for this, John. The list you attached looks to be more complete than the other one referenced by a link. Still, when I quickly explained to one quick-witted pianist how the action functions, he responded (with his Aussie accent and a deservedly self-satisfied look on his face), "So you mean to tell me that when I play a note, the key is giving the hammer a whippin'?" Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: John R. Granholm <jtuner at qwestoffice.net> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tue, Nov 16, 2010 7:49 am Subject: [pianotech] Journal Nomenclature List In response to a couple requests, here's the current Journal nomenclature list, along with the text I sent to David Porritt: The major issue we faced doing this list was the large number of compound words in piano nomenclature, and how to deal with them where there is no established standard. Then we decided that if there's any medium that should work toward establishing that standard, it would be an "official" technical publication such as the Journal. I remember editing one article and seeing keybed, key-bed, and key bed, all used within a a few paragraphs. Let off, let-off, and letoff also appear at times from a single author. That's what did it for me. Had to get things under control. Editorial staff uses the list, and we provide it to authors who send us queries about articles. You are welcome to share if it proves useful to you. John Granholm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101116/f01d59f7/attachment.htm>
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