<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Is it just me or ...</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jkanter@rollingball.com = href="mailto:jkanter@rollingball.com">Jason Kanter</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 17, 2002 = 7:46 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Is it just me or = ...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE>"PSO" ... working on the acronym here ... are the letters perhaps in the wrong order? Or does it stand for "posterior-specific = ordnance"?<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>|| ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || = ||| || ||| || |||<BR>jason kanter * piano tuning * piano = teaching<BR>bellevue, wa * 425 562 4127 * cell 425 831 1561<BR>orcas island * 360 376 2799<BR>|| = ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || |||<BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><B>From: </B>Billbrpt@AOL.COM<BR><B>Reply-To: </B>pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Date: </B>Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:33:28 EDT<BR><B>To: </B>pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: Is it = just me or ...<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2>In a message dated 7/17/02 6:24:29 PM = Central Daylight Time,    kam544@gbronline.com writes: <BR><BR><BR></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2>>...Alan: I've tuned perhaps 20 or so = of these little monsters in my <BR>>short few years in this business. I = can only think of one that is <BR>>OK. The other 19 or so are very poor, = aggravating, falling apart, <BR>>misaligned, noisy, miserable = little PSOs. <BR>> <BR>>When people inquire about buying a used = piano, this is one that I <BR>>regularly identify as often a poor choice. = <BR>> <BR>>Just calling a spade a spade. <BR>> <BR>>Terry = Farrell <BR><BR>Terry, List, <BR><BR>I'm glad I don't have to use your = spade. It would be a long day <BR>before any hole ever got dug. <BR><BR>I = say just the opposite of your observations, Terry, by the mere <BR>fact, I = take care of 105 Baldwin/Hamilton studios (dbase info), some <BR>for as = many as 23 years on an annual basis. <BR><BR>Real workhorses, overall = stability of tuning unquestioned as compared <BR>to other units of same size, a = big, bold sound for the most part, and <BR>very seldom breaks down. <BR><BR>Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, one of the best values = ever made <BR>in the piano industry. Takes a beating and keeps on = playing. <BR><BR>I can only think of one that doesn't cooperate like I'd = like, but <BR>it's no big deal. <BR><BR>Cheers, <BR><BR>Keith McGavern <BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial><BR>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. <BR><BR>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 fro<FONT size=2>loathful</FONT>m 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. <BR><BR><BR><FONT = size=2>Bill Bremmer RPT <BR>Madison, Wisconsin <BR>Click here: -=w w w . b i l = l b r e m m e r . c o m =- <http://www.billbremmer.com/>  <BR></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>