On Aug 5, 2008, at 11:42 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 11:22 PM -0400 8/5/08, John Howell wrote:
5. 'div. par pupitre'
"divide by stand"
Interesting that two other listers translated this as "divide by
desk." I have never referred to a music stand as anything but a
"stand," never as a "desk." "Music desk"? It even looks weird!
The Manhasset company (I just checked their website) refers only to
their "stands," except when they are speaking very specifically
ONLY about the part that holds the music and not the mechanism that
holds it up, where they do use the word "desk." Perhaps that's a
direct translation of a European word that DOES mean "desk," but it
certainly isn't a term used at my level of performing or teaching.
Might be regional, or it might be a classical thing. I hear "desk" in
the orchestras around here all the time, though not exclusively.
Christopher
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