<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=966220500-04122004>Tom Sivak said: "</SPAN>Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra OR Lester pianos by the = initials: PSO!<SPAN class=966220500-04122004>"</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=966220500-04122004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=966220500-04122004>Good one, Tom. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=966220500-04122004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=966220500-04122004>Ah, what's in a name? Here in the tiny berg of Salem, Missouri we have the Salem Philharmonic.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=966220500-04122004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=966220500-04122004>It's a guy named Phil who plays the harmonica.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN class=966220500-04122004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=966220500-04122004>And remember, Story & Clark has the (exclusive!) <EM>Harmi-Tone</EM> action. Woo.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On = Behalf Of </B>Tvak@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 03, 2004 5:35 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> endorsed by the Philadelphia Orchestra????<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face=Geneva size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">List<BR><BR>I've tuned many a Lester in my short career.  Too many, I'd have to say.  Today, there I was, = sitting once again at a Lester, banging on those waterfall keys, attempting to = make it sound like a piano when I looked up, and on the underside of the lid = was a decal which stated, "Endorsed by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra".<BR><BR>Whaaa?<BR><BR>This is like the US Olympic Track and = Field Team endorsing PAYLESS SHOES.  <BR><BR>Or the Nobel Peace Prize = Committee awarding Yassar Arafat the Nobel Peace Prize.  (Oh...wait...that = actually happened...heh, heh)<BR><BR>Anyway, how could this be true?  Was = anyone around back then (this piano dated to the 40s, I'd say)<BR>who could = tell me how this could happen?  <BR><BR>I do have a theory, though.  = Perhaps it's because you can refer to either the Philadelphia Symphony = Orchestra OR Lester pianos by the initials: PSO!<BR><BR>Tom Sivak<BR>Chicago PTG Associate</FONT><FONT face=Geneva size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT> <BR> <P><FONT size=2>---<BR>Incoming mail is certified Virus = Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR>Version: 6.0.802 / = Virus Database: 545 - Release Date: 11/26/2004<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>---<BR> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR> Version: 6.0.802 / Virus Database: 545 - Release Date: 11/26/2004<BR> </FONT> </P>