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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pianoforte-making, the block, pivoted upon the action-rail, into which the base of a hammer-shank is fitted. See cut under
pianoforte .
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At first the sticker action with a leather hinge to the hammer-butt was the favorite, and lasted long in England.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Various
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