[pianotech] nomenclature

[Ron Nossaman]

On 11/18/2011 12:06 PM, johnparham at piano88.com wrote:
> Joe,
>
> I did a search for "Mason's Book" and did not find it. If that is
> not the name I need to search for, what is the official title?

Try the name I indicated in the first post on the subject.


>
> A plea for sanity,
>
> While it's still a long way from comprehensive, there is a standard
> reference in this country that would eliminate most of the
> characteristic recursive guesswork when someone asks a question
> making up parts names as they go along. For $20 and shipping,



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"Piano
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would often save considerably more than
> that in cumulative time spent just trying to understand the
> description. A lot of us were in the business long before the piano
> crisis hotline existed, and will likely still be when it ends, and so
> were forced to figure straightforward mechanical linkages (and a lot
> of other things) out for ourselves. Given the amazing luxury of an on
> line knowledge base willing to help, the consideration of using the
> most widely recognized and nominally standardized nomenclature gives
> the people trying to help something to work with, without making long
> Q&A translation not worth the effort. With a $20 book, we'd save 20
> posts attempting clarification as everyone could look up the same
> common names, and start with the actual problem.
>
> I understand that it's an unreasonable expectation, but it remains
> what I consider a reasonable request to at least make some attempt to
> accurately name what we're talking about. Ron N