Lester Grand key rail.

[John Ross]

Hi Tom,

When I had said, upstop rail, I was using Merle Mason's diagram I on page
5 of his book. I could see no part in the diagrams, that referred to a
grand.

Fallstrip from his index indicates Fallboard strip, which is a hinged strip
that is part of the fallboard cover. So I don't think fallstrip is right.

Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Moody" <remoody@midstatesd.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 2:29 AM
Subject: Re: Lester Grand key rail.


> Thump rail is what I heard from the "elders".   This venerable
> venacular came about I think because dancing keys made noise against
> the thin nameboard felt.  ---ric
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> Would that also be called an upstop rail?
> Regards,
> John M. Ross
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>     Key rail:
>         The small narrow board going aacross the tops of the keys
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> Thanks, Fallstrip is the most common name. Hope we collectively can
> figure this one out.. Tom D
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