<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-asci= i"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER= -LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none">I've always called it the= key strip (above the keys) and the key slip (in front of the keys)<BR>= <BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5p= x; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "John Fortiner" <JLFORTINER@USADIG.COM><BR>To= : "Mark Potter" <BASES-LOADED76@SBCGLOBAL.NET>, Pianotech <PIANOTECH@PT= G.ORG><BR>Received: 10/10/2005 9:40:37 PM<BR>Subject: RE: Today's Puzzl= er<BR><BR> <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 (Wu= rlitzer); name rail (Kohler and Campbell).</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=065023604-11102005> </SP= AN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=065023604-11102005><FONT face= =Arial color=#0000ff size=2>(My note:  "Thump rail" is NOT f= ound. ;<)   ) </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-loa= ded76@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></FON= T><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 thum= p rail.  What IS the proper name, and what is the sentence from th= e nomenclature police? ;-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Potter    <BR><BR><B><I>tom driscoll <tomtu= ner@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 hec= k is a thump rail ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Fall strip felt?</F= ONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom Driscoll</FONT>= </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; M= ARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Today's Puzzler</DI= V> <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@phi= lbondi.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 n= ewcomers 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 st= ick on me <BR>when I was tuning either..weird.<BR><BR>It's a console pi= ano, and its manufacturer is insignificant..so..why did <BR>Middle C st= ick after I was done tuning it?<BR><BR>Here is your only clue: the caus= e 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>pianotech list info:= https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQ= UOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>