>Ori - from the word orifice ,meaning hole or opening .Theres a joke in there >somewhere! >Tom Driscoll ------------------------------------------ >Ori, from the Cockney English 'orrible, meaning "like a spinet". >Ori-coustic: Sounds like a spinet. >Seems fairly obvious to me. >Donn Young, RPT ------------------------------------------ >"Ori-coustic" is simply the line of sales noise created verbally for these >Starck spinets..........course it wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong. >:-) >Jim Bryant (FL) >P.S. Isn't Starck the little thingee that had holes drilled horizontally >through the bass bridge? ------------------------------------------ Ok, I think I have the idea. The sound from the Pit. Jim, I somehow didn't seem to get around to climbing inside for the scenic tour. Had enough to do trying to survive the top half, but it does sound like a likely derivation. Thanks gang. Ron N
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