I can't remember where I got the term from since I did a great deal of internet research to begin learning repairs before I recieved the Randy Potter Course. I has kind of stuck with me though because it made sense, the frame that holds the strings such as in the instrument harp. Alas I am sorry if I offended. I am making a concentrated effort to now call it the plate. Judy Clyde Hollinger wrote: > Ah, yes, I didn't think of looking there, but right you are. Even though it > appears not to be the preferred term, it is apparently legitimate. > > Clyde > > John Ross wrote: > > > Hi Clyde, > > It is in Merle Mason's book, ll 7, with reference to the end view of a > > vertical piano. > > Regards, > > John M. Ross > > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada > > piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com> > > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 7:43 AM > > Subject: Re: the word "harp" > > > > > When I read Brian's comment I did a little research to see if I could find > > the > > > word "harp" in any piano-related publications I have on hand (I have only > > a > > > few). The Reblitz book has it in the index but says only "see plate." My > > gut > > > feeling is that it's not improper but maybe archaic -- used in the past > > more > > > frequently than in the present, and used more in some locales than others. > > > > > > As for the harp being an instrument, that is certainly true, but many > > words > > > have more than one meaning. Recently I looked up the word "run" in the > > > dictionary -- 67 definitions when used by itself and more than double that > > when > > > used with other specific words, such as "run up," "run through," etc. > > Just a > > > little rabbit trail I thought might interest someone. > > > > > > Regards, Clyde > > > > > > > > > "Kevin E. Ramsey" wrote: > > > I disagree Brian. The term "harp" is a common synonym for plate where I > > come > > > from. Not to be confused with Frame. > > > > > > > From: "Brian Lawson" <lawsonic@global.co.za> > > > > > Just a point of note on terminology, having both US and European terms > > > > here: > > > > > It is either a Plate or it is a Frame - NOT a harp - that is an > > entirely > > > > > different instrument.
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