>From: David Skolnik <davidskolnik at optonline.net> >My first thought was to suggest that you try impersonating a German >engineer, and come up with a lengthy, un-hyphenated word that describes >exactly what it is and what it does. Something like: >uprighthammershankstrikedistancedifferentialanglunginn. I think you got the wrong impression about how we Germans name the things. It´s much easier! Andreas, the German word is "Stilschräge" which would be translated word by word as "shaft skewness". If you work as a translator you should think about buying the famous book Piano Nomenclatur by Nikolaus Schimmel. A German publication of the names of piano parts in German, English, French, Italian, Norwegian, and Spanish. I never read it, but I think it could be very usefull. By the way: does anyone have a link to a site where the English names of piano parts are shown along with a picture of a piano or action? Gregor _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
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