On 1/9/2011 7:03 PM, John Delacour wrote: > No I mean the beam to which the damper top rail is screwed and which has > the belly rail glued on top of it. "Piano Parts and Their Function", which is one of the very few attempts out there to standardize nomenclature to even a minimal degree (and seems to be almost universally ignored by most) says it's a middle belly bar, or cross block. Neither of these terms are obvious, evocative, or even technically descriptive, which makes them essentially useless. It seems to be up for grabs. I tend to call the whole assembly the belly rail, with more specific parts designation by description as necessary, lacking anything more precise. Should a rational set of nomenclature suddenly surface, that's widely acceptable, I'd be happy to play. Ron N
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