<HTML>These were great!  L= ightened up a grey morning! Dave S. In a message dated 2/24/03 1:20:41 AM Pacific Standard Time, rrg@unlv.ed= u writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> By Rob Goodale, RPT 1. Damper Lifter:  A device used for humidity control. 2. Key Bed:  A place where famous pianists sleep 3. Balance rail:  An Olympic event 4.  Punchings:  Accented notes in loud staccato music with = heavy pedaling 5.  Shift lever:  What you use to put the piano in gear aft= er depressing the left pedal 6.  Damper Tray:  Where the water goes for a piano humidifi= er. 7.  Sticker:  Keys that won't go back up 8.  Partial:  A small piano with less than 88 keys 9.  Bridal Tapes:  The lace fringe on the end of a bride's = vale 10.  Bridge Cap:  Dental work 11.  Sound Board:  Really uninspiring music 12.  Center Pin:  The note that is exactly in the middle of= a piece of music 13.  Bushing:  A very large house plant sitting on top of t= he piano 14.  Buckskin:  What piano tuners get on their fingers afte= r tuning too many pianos 15.  Lifter:  Inspiring music, (see sound board) 16.  Serial Numbers:  A nutritious breakfast item for piano= tuners 17.  Steinway:  A German beer 18.  Stack:  A lot of sheet music 19.  Key Slip:  Mistakes pianists make during practice 20.  Wippen:  What kids get if they don't practice 21.  Damper Spring:  April showers 22.  Duplex Scale:  Playing in two different key signatures= at once 23.  Lyre:  One who tells fybs. 24.  Cheek Blocks:  Cosmetic surgery for old pianists 25.  Casters:  A collection of short musical pieces to be p= layed while fishing 26.  Nose Bolts:  What keeps Frankenstein's nose from falli= ng off 27.  Agraff:  A wild African mammal 26.  Veneer:  French Wine 27.  Young Chang:  The son of the older one 28.  Action:  Why you go to piano bars 29.  Hitch Pin:  A closing tactic used by piano salesman</B= > 30.  Regulation:  The rules enforced by elementary school m= usic teachers 31.  Let-off:  What bad pianists should do. 32.  Stretcher:  Warm up exercises 33.  Artist Bench:  What oil painters sit on when they work= 34.  Wurlitzer:  The daiquiri blender at a piano bar 35.  Trap Work:  Playing for tips at a strip bar 36.  Back Post:  Something to lean against 37.  Lid Prop:  Lids used on pianos in the movies. 38.  Art Case:  What Art packs his clothes in when he goes = to a PTG convention. 39.  Belly Rail:  An abdominal exercise apparatus for sopra= nos 40.  Back Check:  Looking behind to see if the audience has= n't left the hall </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>