[pianotech] Damper upstop rail missing

[Dean May]

LOL! Thanks, Ed, for brightening the day.

 

Dean

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ed Foote
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 6:32 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Damper upstop rail missing

 

Greetings, 


JD writes:  
>Since when is "upstop rail" a correct term?! 
 
  
  What do we mean by "correct"?  Steinways have flies and monkeys, while
their groove is a grub. The action hold-downs have been fighting like dags
and cleats for years there at the back of the action, and most bellymen know
what a hockey stick is. The pad we used in French polishing was no more than
a fad.  I'm not sure there is an ultimate authority on nomenclature in the
piano field. No government rule to tell us what something is properly
called. Alas, we are left to devise our own devices.  
    So, given that the dead horse has received whippens and wippens enough,
I would submit that the wood and felt contrivance that limits the upward
motion of the underlevers is so universally understood to be an upstop rail,
that if needing to correctly identify it, the overwhelming majority of
technicians would do so by calling it by same. However, the correct term is
context dependent, i.e.  when discovered upon the bench, immediately after
the final hour of damper regulation, this #@!*%#!  is called everything but
upstop rail.  
Regards, 
Ed Foote RPT
  

  

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