Acrosonic -- King of the Spinets

[Annie Grieshop]

Ah, so the older consoles I see in scattered Iowa farmhouses are "label
Acrosonics", like the xerox machine made by Canon.  Got it.  Thanks for the
enlightenment.

They are painfully "bright" pianos in my experience -- I don't care to tune
them without hearing protection.

Annie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]On
> Behalf Of tom
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 5:58 AM
> To: 'Pianotech List'
> Subject: RE: Acrosonic -- King of the Spinets
>
>
> Annie,
> 	The  "real" Acro's had the drop action -guided rail -pickup finger
> action.IMHO they are easier to work on than most spinets--I.E. the frozen
> grommet Kimball's !-- and in many cases continue to give good service with
> decent tuning stability.
> 	As for a recent list contention that they out perform some grand
> piano's I part company.
> 	Larry Fine's book states that when Baldwin stuck the Acro name on
> subsequent different models their contention was that Acrosonic was a
> furniture distinction not a name associated with a particular
> piano design.
> 	Whatever--.
> 	Tom Driscoll
> P.S. Phil --The truck is leaving for Ft. Myers today--Pitchers
> and catchers
> end of the week