That's what you get for being in Aberdeen at the time! :>) Paul T. Williams RPT "Delwin D Fandrich" <fandrich at pianobuilders.com> Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 04/15/2008 01:16 PM Please respond to Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org> To "'Pianotech List'" <pianotech at ptg.org> cc Subject RE: treble fish on steroids Well, I think the etymology of Capo d'Astro is a little obscure -- more of a glorified marketing term than anything really descriptive of function -- but I take responsibility for the word "fish" being used to describe that particular type of treble soundboard shaping device. When I started using them -- and teaching others how to use them -- nobody was calling them anything. They had not been used -- and rarely seen -- for the best part of a century. The word "fish" became popular around the shop based on their shape, obviously not their function. Eventually one of our workers put a mouth, eyes, gills and even a fin or two on one and hung it on the wall. It stuck. (The name, not the fish.) So be it. Del | -----Original Message----- | From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org | [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of pianoguru at cox.net | Sent: April 15, 2008 8:08 AM | To: Pianotech List | Cc: David Boyce | Subject: Re: treble fish on steroids | | ---- David Boyce <David at piano.plus.com> wrote: | > Hmmm, so, what do you call 1) a capo-d'astro (or capo | d'asto) bar, 2) | > an agraffe, 3) a wippen, etc etc? | | Exactly! If you trace any of these terms to their original | language, they are descriptive of their function, not some | silly relationship to what it looks like. | | Frank Emerson | -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080415/40356efe/attachment.html
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