<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was always under the impression that a console piano referred only to the design of the cabinet which mimicked the style of the console organ i.e. it had a sliding fall (keyboard cover) and extended cheeks, and in fact has nothing to do with the size of the instrument. A spinet would refer to a drop action although a spinet on this side of the Atlantic is a completely different kettle of fish. Meanwhile, I don't actually know what defines a studio piano. In my neck of the woods most of my clients are students and they tend to have their pianos in their bedrooms these days so maybe there is a case for a new category of boudoir upright. BTW have you noticed that hardly anyone seems to make up their beds these days?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>While you're having a whale of a time with all your puns, perhaps this should now be called a con'sole' piano</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:001001c73cfb$e9432ca0$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>and a spinet should be defined as that where the action is below the waterline......or should be!</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT></STRONG> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Alan R. Barnard" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>tune4u@earthlink.net</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 6:25 PM</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: RE: console vs. spinet</FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Generally, if the music rack sticks up only a max of 3 to 4 inches over the piano top, it can be called a console. If the whole rack looks like a WWII radar antenna sitting on the piano, it's a spinet. The height of the piano (therefore, maybe, string length) is the defining characteristic. Legs are irrelephant to this disgustion.<BR>> <BR>> Alan Barnard<BR>> Salem, MO<BR>> Joshua 24:15<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------<BR>> From: "Karl kaputt" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:karlkaputt@hotmail.com"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>karlkaputt@hotmail.com</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>><BR>> To: </FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><BR><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Received: 01/20/2007 2:35:34 AM<BR>> Subject: console vs. spinet<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>>what is a console and what is a spinet? Is the difference just the form of <BR>>>the corpus? When I hear console I figure out a small piano. Spinet has 2 <BR>>>"front legs". Is this correct?<BR>> <BR>>>Gregor<BR>> <BR>>>_________________________________________________________________<BR>>>Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! <BR>>>http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>>-- <BR>>>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>>>Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.13/634 - Release Date: 1/17/2007 4:45 <BR>>>PM<BR>> <BR>></FONT></STRONG></BODY></HTML>