<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></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"> </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></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Fall strip is the = correct name and your sentence is to buy me a cup of coffee in Rochester --or a = beer if we can get Bondi to buy the second round--<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom-Self appointed = nomenclature cop-Driscoll</FONT><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"> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>