Piano Tech Terms

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These were great!  Lightened up a grey morning!

Dave S.

In a message dated 2/24/03 1:20:41 AM Pacific Standard Time, rrg@unlv.edu 
writes:


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