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Record 1 2024-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trucks and Dollies (Materials Handling)
  • Keyboard Instruments
CONT

The first major process in rebuilding a piano is disassembly, starting with the cabinet, then the strings, tuning pins, and finally the heavy cast-iron plate.... In a vertical [piano], first remove the front panels, upper pillars, lid, music shelf, fallboard, nameboard strip, keyslip, keyblocks, action, and keys. If you have a piano tilter..., move the piano far enough from the wall to tip it on its back. Stand the tilter up, center it behind the piano, and push it snugly against the back of the piano with the prongs under the bottom. With one assistant positioned in front to make sure the bottom can’t kick forward, tip the piano and tilter back together. Once the entire weight of the piano is on the tilter, your assistant can stop pushing the bottom of the piano toward the tilter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chariots de manutention
  • Instruments de musique à clavier

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jewellery
CONT

Antique sterling silver ring tree, jewelry holder/stand and tray, literally in the form of a tree. Made Birmingham, England, 1904. Measures 5 inches from end to end. Oval boat shape with sloping sides ending in gadrooned border, interspersed with repousse floral and foliate sections. The center rises up to a tree, each branch for holding a ring other trinket. The bottom forms a tray for holding bracelets, necklaces, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
CONT

Des mains en faïence, en ivoire, en bronze, des dizaines de mains posées sur les meubles, mains cendriers, main porte-plume, mains porte-bagues (Marie-Claire, 15 mai 1966, p. 174, col. 2).

OBS

Par analogie avec main porte-bagues.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Styles
DEF

An intercolumniation in which the columns stand only two diameters apart, or three diameters in center.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Styles en architecture
DEF

Ordonnance dans laquelle l'intervalle entre deux colonnes est égal à deux diamètres ou quatre modules.

OBS

systyle, adjectif : Dans les ordres architecturaux, qualifie un entrecolonnement qui a deux fois le diamètre des colonnes.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
CONT

For lifting and carrying an object, stand close to the object, either in forward-backward-stride position, with the object at the side, or side-stride position, with the object between the knees. In the side-stride position, the object is closer to the center of gravity and the lift is straight upward.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
CONT

Pour soulever un objet lourd, fléchir les jambes, genoux écartés de chaque côté de l'objet puis, tout en tenant le dos bien droit, adopter un balancement latéral qui permette de soulever le poids alors que le corps est en mouvement, ce qui évite le stress sur la colonne vertébrale et les articulations qu'occasionne une levée de poids soudaine à partir d'une position stationnaire.

Spanish

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