>Serviced (and ran) two nasty little 1950s spinets today. Both same >manufacturer. One bought new by the present owner, the other recently from >a furniture store for $100! One was equipped with: > > Ori-Coustic > High Tension Scale > Richer Tone > Extended Volume > Greater Stability > >What's the manufacturer? And what the heck is the "Ori-Coustic"? > >Terry Farrell It's a Starck. I posted Ori-Coustic as a puzzler early last year. I think it's a marketing term meaning "I'm a no talent, junk peddling Ad guy who won't get paid unless I come up with an exotic sounding marketing term". The guy who thought it up was immediately caught in a closed semantic loop and hasn't been heard from since (sense, cents). PS: My spell checker suggested Caustic for Coustic. Seems reasonable to me. Ron N
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