"tinny"

[Pianoman]

or if I may inject, castor cups
James :>)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Cole" <tcole at cruzio.com>
To: <dnereson at 4dv.net>; "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: "tinny"


> David Nereson wrote:
>
>> ...
>> I don't know why it grates on me so, but I wish people, especially
>> technicians, would not just use a term like "tinny" automatically in
>> describing, in this case, a unison that's not beatless.  To me,
>> the habit falls in the same category as calling the hammers the
>> "pads," and the plate the "harp."
>>
>
> Another one I find puzzling is "casters" when they mean caster cups.
>
> Tom Cole
>