<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=065023604-11102005><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><U>Piano Parts and Their Functions</U> by Merle = H Mason ( second printing )  Page 4</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=065023604-11102005><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>#14 Name board strip: upstop rail (Wurlitzer); = name rail (Kohler and Campbell).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN = class=065023604-11102005> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=065023604-11102005><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>(My note:  "Thump rail" is NOT found. ;<)   ) </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=065023604-11102005><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=065023604-11102005><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>All this fwiw.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=065023604-11102005><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=065023604-11102005><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>John Fortiner</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=065023604-11102005><FONT = face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Billings, MT</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Mark Potter [mailto:bases-loaded76@sbcglobal.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October = 10, 2005 9:21 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Today's Puzzler<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Tom -</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Been calling it 'thump rail' for 28 years, for no other = reason than that's what my mentor called it, and it stuck (plus I kinda like = the sound of it, too). OK, not a good defense, but the only one I've = got!  How about key upstop rail?  In most consoles, the fallboard is hinged = to a separate piece of wood that sits above the keys and is screwed into the cheeks.  THAT'S what I call the thump rail.  What IS the = proper name, and what is the sentence from the nomenclature police? ;-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Potter    <BR><BR><B><I>tom driscoll <tomtuner@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px = solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nomenclature police here--What the = heck is a thump rail ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Fall strip = felt?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom = Driscoll</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Today's = Puzzler</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Thump rail felt loose, catching on keytop?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Potter<BR><BR><B><I>Phil Bondi <<A = href="mailto:phil@philbondi.com">phil@philbondi.com</A>></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff = 2px solid">This is more for the benefit of the newcomers to the field..but you <BR>seasoned grizzled vets may chime in I suppose..<BR><BR>The = piano was 85 miles away..one way..don't ask, but it tuned <BR>fine..client = was happy when I was done, and away I go.<BR><BR>I'm not more than 5 miles = away and I get a call saying that middle C is <BR>sticking and it wasn't = sticking before..yea, and it didn't stick on me <BR>when I was tuning either..weird.<BR><BR>It's a console piano, and its manufacturer = is insignificant..so..why did <BR>Middle C stick after I was done = tuning it?<BR><BR>Here is your only clue: the cause of the problem was in = no way directly <BR>related to any action parts..and it's not as obvious = as you think, you <BR>grizzled vets! I happen to catch it instantly..I = got lucky.<BR><BR>-Phil = Bondi(Fl)<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>p= ianotech list info: = https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOT= E></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>