Puzzler???

[Tom Driscoll]

Ori - from the word orifice ,meaning hole or opening .Theres a joke in there
somewhere!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:50 PM
Subject: Re: Puzzler???


> >Kohler? Tom Driscoll
> >
> >> It's a spinet, belonging to a piano teacher. The low tenor sounds like
> >> something somewhere between a dobro and a cigar box banjo.
> ---------------------------------------------------
> >> None of this so far differentiates this from any other
> >> poor misbegotten pianoid wraith, but it boasted (?) the claim to
> >> "Ori-Coustic" tone on the fallboard.
> >>
> >> What is it? (besides that) And what the heck is an Ori-Coustic?
> >>
> >> Ron N
>
> No more bites, so I'll tell. It's a Starck. The piano itself is among the
> usual suspects as far as type, tone, tunability, and overall quality, but
I
> had never run across the "Ori-Coustic" fallboard tone enhancer before. Any
> language geeks out there who can make a plausible stab at derivation?
> Coustic is pretty obvious, but...
>
>
> Ron N