Piano Shaped Object. This is the acronym used when you really mean PO........ Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Kanter" <jkanter@rollingball.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 8:46 PM Subject: Re: Is it just me or ... > "PSO" ... working on the acronym here ... are the letters perhaps in the > wrong order? Or does it stand for "posterior-specific ordnance"? > > || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| > jason kanter * piano tuning * piano teaching > bellevue, wa * 425 562 4127 * cell 425 831 1561 > orcas island * 360 376 2799 > || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| || ||| > > > From: Billbrpt@AOL.COM > Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 19:33:28 EDT > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Is it just me or ... > > > In a message dated 7/17/02 6:24:29 PM Central Daylight Time, > kam544@gbronline.com writes: > > > >...Alan: I've tuned perhaps 20 or so of these little monsters in my > >short few years in this business. I can only think of one that is > >OK. The other 19 or so are very poor, aggravating, falling apart, > >misaligned, noisy, miserable little PSOs. > > > >When people inquire about buying a used piano, this is one that I > >regularly identify as often a poor choice. > > > >Just calling a spade a spade. > > > >Terry Farrell > > Terry, List, > > I'm glad I don't have to use your spade. It would be a long day > before any hole ever got dug. > > I say just the opposite of your observations, Terry, by the mere > fact, I take care of 105 Baldwin/Hamilton studios (dbase info), some > for as many as 23 years on an annual basis. > > Real workhorses, overall stability of tuning unquestioned as compared > to other units of same size, a big, bold sound for the most part, and > very seldom breaks down. > > Pound for pound, dollar for dollar, one of the best values ever made > in the piano industry. Takes a beating and keeps on playing. > > I can only think of one that doesn't cooperate like I'd like, but > it's no big deal. > > Cheers, > > Keith McGavern > > 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. > > 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 froloathfulm 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. > > > Bill Bremmer RPT > Madison, Wisconsin > Click here: -=w w w . b i l l b r e m m e r . c o m =- > <http://www.billbremmer.com/> > > >
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