Did you ever take lessons to play the stomach Steinway? You know, the accordion? That’s another bit of musicians’ slang sent in by a listener, along with the term bunhead, which means “a ballet dancer.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Stomach Steinway”
Grant, we were talking earlier about slang used by classical musicians, and that’s such a rich topic.
There’s so many great ones. Do you know what a stomach Steinway is?
Is this like a handheld keyboard, like one of the little Casios?
Well, it’s a little bit more antiquated than that.
Accordion.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, very good.
Stomach Steinway is an accordion. We got that from listener Mary Feinzinger in New York City, who’s a classical musician, composer.
Stomach Steinway. I love it.
Isn’t that great?
Yeah, yeah. Isn’t that great?
And another one that she mentioned that I love is bunheads. You probably know this one.
Oh, dancers.
Ballet dancers.
Yes, ballet dancers with the buns back there.
Well, buns up there, I guess.
That’s a little derogatory, right?
Not those buns.
No, you know, the way they wear their hair.
In those tights, you could be talking about either buns.
That’s true.
But, you know, if you have a gig where you’re playing the ballet, you talk about the bunheads on the stage.
Love it.
Very good.
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