This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Re: Is it just me or ...Potter School graduates will recognize Randy's = term: PSO means Piano Shaped Object -- picture an imported birdcage = (damper over) piano that's been sitting in an unheated/uncooled garage = in New Orleans for 40 years. Someone buys it for $100 (silly sap) calls = you to come and tune it. You take one glance and know exactly what the = quintessential PSO looks like. Alan Barnard Salem, MO ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Jason Kanter=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 7:46 PM Subject: Re: Is it just me or ... "PSO" ... working on the acronym here ... are the letters perhaps in = the wrong order? Or does it stand for "posterior-specific ordnance"? || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| jason kanter * piano tuning * piano teaching bellevue, wa * 425 562 4127 * cell 425 831 1561 orcas island * 360 376 2799 || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:33:28 EDT To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: Is it just me or ... In a message dated 7/17/02 6:24:29 PM Central Daylight Time, = kam544@gbronline.com writes:=20 >...Alan: I've tuned perhaps 20 or so of these little monsters in = my=20 >short few years in this business. I can only think of one that is = >OK. The other 19 or so are very poor, aggravating, falling apart, = >misaligned, noisy, miserable little PSOs.=20 >=20 >When people inquire about buying a used piano, this is one that I = >regularly identify as often a poor choice.=20 >=20 >Just calling a spade a spade.=20 >=20 >Terry Farrell=20 Terry, List,=20 I'm glad I don't have to use your spade. It would be a long day=20 before any hole ever got dug.=20 I say just the opposite of your observations, Terry, by the mere=20 fact, I take care of 105 Baldwin/Hamilton studios (dbase info), = some=20 for as many as 23 years on an annual basis.=20 Real workhorses, overall stability of tuning unquestioned as = compared=20 to other units of same size, a big, bold sound for the most part, = and=20 very seldom breaks down.=20 Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, one of the best values ever = made=20 in the piano industry. Takes a beating and keeps on playing.=20 I can only think of one that doesn't cooperate like I'd like, but=20 it's no big deal.=20 Cheers,=20 Keith McGavern=20 Ahem, I'd have to agree with Keith here, Terry. There are a lot of = them out there. It is a very common choice for a school piano and many = other situations. I've been going nightly and will be again in a few = minutes to rehearsals for Man of La Mancha. If I had the attitude you = do about the piano we are using, I wouldn't be able to do either my job = as a piano technician nor as a singer and actor.=20 The last thing I would ever call our rehearsal hall piano is a = "PSO". It is a Baldwin Hamilton Studio piano. It has great tone and a = beautifully designed soundboard. Does it require actual work = froloathfulm time to time to keep it being a musical instrument and not = an object for loathsome disdain? Yes, but again, that's what I am in = business to do.=20 Bill Bremmer RPT=20 Madison, Wisconsin=20 Click here: -=3Dw w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =3D- = <http://www.billbremmer.com/> =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c4/53/14/ea/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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