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Upright piano
Upright piano braces
Side Arm Cover Pinblock Grip Handle Soundboard Belly bars Iron frame Tuning Pins Strings Treble Bridge Pinblock Braces Pinblock Fill Piece Post Cap Back frame side brace Soundboard Brace
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Bottom door, lower panel / knee panel, bottom door, bottom frame Bottom rail, plinth / pedal rail Column / leg Toe (-block) / toe block Support-block / coaster block Key-bottom / key bed, keybed Lock-rail, Lock-board / keyslip, key slip Name-board Fall / fall (board) Upper panel / music panel Lid, top Lid-prop / lid prop, topstick Lid-prop cup (rosette) / topstick rosette Upper and lower music-desk Music-desk hinge Lock-escutcheon / Keyhole escutcheon Natural Sharp Iron Frame / plate Half-blow arm or crank Frame cross-member/ horizontal plate strat or bar Key-bottom or key-bed support / keybed support Soft pedal Sostenuto or céleste pedal / muffler pedal Sustaining pedal Pedal-bolt / pedal prop pedal-prop bolt Pedal-rail-nut / pedal- prop nut Pedal-rail / trap lever for sustaining pedal Pedal-rod for sustaining pedal / pedal rod, dowel Pedal-rail / trap lever for soft pedal Pedal-rod / pedal rod, dowel for soft pedal Steel / plain-wire strings Hitch-pins Treble or long bridge / treble bridge Covered, spun or bass strings / wound, wrapped or bass strings Bass cheek-block or key-block / bass keyblock Lever, wippen / w(h)ippen Hammer Hammer (-rest) rail Half-blow-rail flange Bass action standard / bass action bracket Middle action-standard / middle action bracket Action-standard-bolt nut / action bracket bolt nut Mounting-pin for upper panel / music panel Fall pivot pin / fall (board) pivot pin Cheek / arm Wrest-pins / tuning pins Wire-bearing / V-bar wire Bass V-bar Nameplate Mounting-block for céleste-cable, for mufler cable
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Wrest-plank/pinblock pin block Wrest-plank screw/ plate screw Wrest-pin/tuning pin Wrest-pin/tuning pin bushing String Bearing-felt / stringing or counter-bearing felt Pressure-bar Pressure-bar screw V-bar, iron bridge, top bridge/V-bar Sound-board brace / liner Sound-board, sounding-board, belly/soundboard Sound-board brace, bearing-piece, shim packing/plate shim Wrest-plank cover / pinblock cover (Iron) frame / plate Action-standard bolt / action-bracket bolt Action-standard/ action bracket Action-standard nut/ action-bracket-bolt nut Action-standard locating foot/ action-bracket pivot Cup-headed bolt/ cup bolt Bushing for cup-headed bolt / for cup-bolt socket Nut for cup-headed bolt / cup-bolt locknut Washer Capstan(-)screw Hammer-rail beam, butt- rail / action rail Butt-rail strengthening-angle / action-rail reinforcement Lock-rail, lock-board / keyslip, key slip Lock-rail screw/ keyslip screw Lock-rail setting-screw / keyslip set screw Key-bottom, key-bed / keybed, key bed Front-rail / front rail Balance-rail / balance rail Front washer, front rail washer / front-rail punching Front-pins, bat-pins / front-rail pins Front key(-)bushings Balance-pins / balance-rail pins Centre key-bushings / key-button bushings Balance-washers, balance-rail washers / balance-rail punchings (Key-)chase / key-button central Key(-)numbers Back-touch (baize) / back-rail-strip Natural Sharp Key(-)top for Natural Key(-)front for Natural Key(-)lead Point for measuring weight and blow / down- and up-travel weight Lever, wippen / w(h)ippen Pilot-cloth / w(h)ippen cushion Lever centre-pin / w(h)ippen center pin Lever-flange / w(h)ippen flange Lever-flange screw / w(h)ippen-flange screw Locating-wire for lever flange / w(h)ippen flange for Lever-flange Damper(-)spoon Damper(-)rod Damper-rod hinge / damper rod hinge or hanger Damper-tail cloth or covering / damper-lever felt Damper-lift regulating screw / damper-lever set or regulating screw Damper-rod lever for 67 / damper-rod tongue Damper-stem, damper body / damper lever Damper-stem wire / damper wire Damper(-)drum (if cylindrical), damper(-)block Damper-drum screw, damper block screw Damper(-)head Damper-head felt / damper felt Damper-slap-rail or check-rail / spring or damper stop rail Damper-check-rail cloth / spring-rail felt, damper-stop-rail felt Damper-flange, damper-stem flange / damper-lever flange Screw for damper-lever flange Centre / center pin for damper-lever flange Damper(-)spring Damper-spring bushing Hammer(-)butt Hammer(-)butt spring Hammer-butt-spring loop (cord) Hammer-butt-spring(-cord) bushing Hammer-butt flange, butt(-)flange Hammer center / Center pin Hammer-butt plate, butt(-)plate (Hammer-)butt-notch pad or (hammer-)butt-cloth and (hammer-)butt leather Balance-hammer / back stop, catcher, butt check, butt heel Leather/buckskin for back stop (Bridle-)tape, tie-tape/bridle strap (Bridle-)tape or tie-tape end / bridle-strap tip Bridle-wire, tie-tape wire / bridle wire Jack Hammer-butt cushion Jack spring Jack flange Jack center pin Jack stop rail Set or regulating screw for Jack stop rail Set-off button / regulating button Set-off screw / regulating screw Set-off rail / regulating rail Forked set-off stay, fork-screw, pin-rail stay Check / back check Check felt / back-check felt Check wire / back-check wire Hammer shank Hammer molding Hammer top felt Hammer rest rail Half-blow rest-felt Fastening-screw for Hammer rest rail Half-blow (-rest) rail, hammer half-blow rest Hammer-rest baize, half-blow-rail cloth Half-blow (-rail) flange Centre / center pin for flange Half-blow(-rail) crank or arm
Grand piano
Grand piano braces
Rim Key-bottom, key-bed Leg top-block / console Leg Leg-cup and castor / caster with legferrule Lyre(-)post Lyre(-)box Lyre-stay, lyre back-stay / lyre brace Una-corda pedal Sostenuto pedal Sustaining or forte pedal Left pedal(-)rod Middle pedal(-)rod Front(-)top or (-)lid Top or lid lock-rail / log, top bar Top, lid Lid-prop cup / lid-prop rosette, topstick cup or rosette Long top(-) or lid(-)prop / long topstick Short(-)top or lid(-)prop / short topstick Top(-) or lid(-)hinge Music(-)desk Music(-)shelf Lock(-)rail Fall / fall (board) Fall- or name-transfer Fall felt strip / name-board felt Bass cheek- or key-block Key-rail / keys lip, key slip Naturals Sharps (Iron) frame / plate Bench(-)top Bench(-)rim Bench(-)legs
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