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Jackleg Repairs & Mechanical Music Jargon
By Jon Page

> With the assistance of our MMD subscribers I hope that MMD can
> help to compile a glossary, in several languages, of the jargon of
> mechanical musical instruments.  Jan Kijlstra and I have talked of
> this.  We need it, if we want to communicate without confusion !
> -- Robbie

Robbie,  This is a superb idea and I know you will compile these words
and phases in a meaningful format and not some jackleg hodgepodge.

Here's one for you to decipher its origin:

  wobblegate; v,  to enlarge a drill hole by moving the drill in a
    circular motion during the drilling operation.

(The only person I've heard use this term is from Iowa, USA.  The
spelling may even be wobblegait, for all I know).

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)

 [ Nope, no entry in my 7-kilogram 1927 dictionary, but maybe the
 [ Iowa craftsman also used a
 [
 [   wabblesaw -- see drunken saw -- a circular saw fixed askew on
 [   its spindle so as to cut a groove whose width is determined by
 [   the angle of tilt of the saw.
 [
 [ But don't give up yet -- a future U.S. president might encounter ...
 [ *Wobblegate!*  (Ominous music)  ;)   -- Robbie


(Message sent Fri 26 Jun 1998, 01:13:17 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  Jackleg, Jargon, Mechanical, Music, Repairs

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