PSO? The REAL answer.

[Alan R. Barnard]

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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

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  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"?


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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:=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




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