单词 | chipper-up |
释义 | > as lemmaschipper-up chipper-up n. now rare (in piano making) a person employed to carry out the initial stage of tuning. ΚΠ 1868 St. James's Mag. Oct. 638 At this stage the wires are not yet stretched; for this purpose they pass into the hands of a workman known as the Chipper Up, who gives the pins in the wrest-plank a slight turn, and thus strings the wires tightly. 1901 Daily Chron. 4 Dec. 9/3 Pianoforte.—Fitters-up and chipper-up and tuner wanted. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §643 Chipper-up; carries out first stage of tuning strings of pianos when partly finished. 1958 Daily Herald 17 June 8/7 Situations vacant..Piano. Experienced tuner and toner; also stringer and chipper up. < as lemmas |
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