[pianotech] What is the Steinway term for 'whippen'

Tue Nov 16 13:19:52 MST 2010

Remember, the jack is the "fly"!  Not sure why! I guess it just the 
Stein-way! maybe something lost in translation from the original German?

Paul

From:
Ed Foote <a440a at aol.com>
To:
pianotech at ptg.org
Date:
11/16/2010 12:24 PM
Subject:
Re: [pianotech] What is the Steinway term for 'whippen'

Horace writes: 
>* While some technicians call a repetition lever a whippen, it is >not 
the correct spelling of this part of the a piano. This, >according to Jim 
Ellis, RPT. 
Hmmm,  I dunno how anyone can call this correct or incorrect.  Who in our 
trade is charged with the task of determining the 
"correct" spelling? According to Bill Garlick, it was "Whippen" in 1975. I 
will stick with that.
    Is that a jack or a fly?  Repetition or Balancier? Wrestplank or 
pinblock? 

Ed Foote RPT
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html

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