If you're referring to Steinway, they called it "rolling the flies". I was taught to "roll the flies and watch for the "wink"". <G> Al Guecia -------------------------------------------------- From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 9:37 AM To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Subject: Re: Grand Jacks > Al, et al, > > I get senior citizen discounts some places and I vaguely remember someone > calling it "rolling the flies", but I seem to recall that the makers of > the standard piano of the world called it "wink". > ;-} > > > AlliedPianoCraft wrote: >> I'm happy to see that there is another "old timer" on this list who uses >> the term "rolling the flies". I'm not alone.....I'm not alone.... >> Al Guecia > > >> *From:* Porritt, David <mailto:dporritt at mail.smu.edu> >> >> Repetition lever set too low. What you did was the way to check the >> repetition lever height. Old timers call that “rolling the flies”. > > > -- > Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician > Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 > 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 > > > Remember that, while money talks, CHOCOLATE SINGS! >
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