<div dir="ltr"><br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:53 PM, AlliedPianoCraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:AlliedPianoCraft@hotmail.com">AlliedPianoCraft@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-TOP: 15px" name="Compose message area" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font face="Arial">Alan, Steinway did refer to the jack as the "fly", but we always referred to the knuckle as the knuckle. Maybe they called it a roller in the very early years, but we always called it the knuckle in the 60's and 70's.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial">Al Guecia</font></div> <div><font face="Arial"></font> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt Tahoma"> <div><br></div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <div><b>From:</b> <a title="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com CTRL + Click to follow link" href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com" target="_blank">reggaepass@aol.com</a> </div> <div><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 18, 2008 5:40 PM</div> <div><b>To:</b> <a title="pianotech@ptg.org" href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a> </div> <div><b>Subject:</b> Re: Grand Jacks</div></div></div> <div> <div></div> <div class="Wj3C7c"> <div><br></div> <div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Doesn't Steinway, in their own particular dialect of piano-ese, call what others refer to as the jack, the "fly," and what others refer to as the knuckle, the "roller"?<br> <br>Alan Eder<br></font></div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Jim Moy <<a href="mailto:jim@jimmoy.com" target="_blank">jim@jimmoy.com</a>><br>To: Pianotech List <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 2:10 pm<br>Subject: Re: Grand Jacks<br><br> <div style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255)"><pre style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><tt>On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 7:30 AM, AlliedPianoCraft<br> <<a href="mailto:AlliedPianoCraft@hotmail.com" target="_blank">AlliedPianoCraft@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > I'm happy to see that there is another "old timer" on this list who uses the<br> > term "rolling the flies". I'm not alone.....I'm not alone....<br> <br> Where did that expression come from anyway?<br> </tt></pre></div> <div><font style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <hr style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> <a title="http://mapquest.com/toolbar?ncid=mpqmap00050000000010" href="http://mapquest.com/toolbar?ncid=mpqmap00050000000010" target="_blank">Get the MapQuest Toolbar</a>. Directions, Traffic, Gas Prices & More!</font> </div> </div></div></div></blockquote></div> <div><br>Actually the correct name for "jacks" is flyjacks although I haven't heard it called that by too many people in many, many years.</div> <div> </div> <div>Mike<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile. <br>Walter Chrysler <br> <br><br><br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br>email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a><br></div></div>