Is it just me or ...

[Farrell]

Piano Shaped Object. This is the acronym used when you really mean PO........

Terry Farrell
  
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From: "Jason Kanter" <jkanter@rollingball.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 8:46 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"?
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> 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:
> 
> 
> >...Alan: I've tuned perhaps 20 or so of these little monsters in my
> >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.
> > 
> >When people inquire about buying a used piano, this is one that I
> >regularly identify as often a poor choice.
> > 
> >Just calling a spade a spade.
> > 
> >Terry Farrell 
> 
> Terry, List, 
> 
> I'm glad I don't have to use your spade. It would be a long day
> before any hole ever got dug.
> 
> I say just the opposite of your observations, Terry, by the mere
> fact, I take care of 105 Baldwin/Hamilton studios (dbase info), some
> for as many as 23 years on an annual basis.
> 
> Real workhorses, overall stability of tuning unquestioned as compared
> to other units of same size, a big, bold sound for the most part, and
> very seldom breaks down.
> 
> Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, one of the best values ever made
> in the piano industry. Takes a beating and keeps on playing.
> 
> I can only think of one that doesn't cooperate like I'd like, but
> it's no big deal. 
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> Keith McGavern 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> Bill Bremmer RPT 
> Madison, Wisconsin 
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