Re: Excavation equipment

["Alan Crozier"]

"Uwe Müller" <uwemueller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Alan Crozier" <name1.name2@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> > I have to translate the Swedish term "hackbord". It's a table on
which
> > excavated soil can be spread so that you can comb through it in
search
> > of objects of interest. The Swedish term means literally "chopping
> > table". What do you call it in English?
> >
> > Alan
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> Over here we'd call it a Hackbrett or Hacktisch.

Don't you find that the clay damages the strings and leaves the
instrument out of tune?
http://www.austdulcimer.com/cathackbrett.html

Alan