Baldwin warranty / 743 question

[Otto Keyes]

All kidding aside, the 243's are real work horses, as Guy mentioned, aside
from some of the problems with excessively tight pins, various problem
components mentioned in past posts, & tone that rivals a practice room
Yamaha on steroids. (gimme the steam)  As spinets go, the Acro mentioned
really was at the top of the heap -- bearing in mind that it's still sitting
on a heap.

In general, I prefer the grands.  Well maintained, they can sound pretty
good.  One thing that I've noticed, action-wise, is the tendency for the
hammer shank to drop to the cushion when checking the jack height, unless
the springs on the rep lever really make the hammer jump out of check.  Any
body have any observations on that?  This is common when too heavy a hammer
has been hung, but I'm sure some of these were original hammers with a few
shapings on them.  This phenomenon seemed more common on Baldwin actions
than others.

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>; "Newtonburg"
<pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: Baldwin warranty / 743 question


> Reading all the posts that have been written I find myself wondering if
> there is anyone that likes anything at all that Baldwin has produced in
> the last ....say... 20 years.
>
> I'm curious as to which models present and recent past are considered
> good instruments by our collective here.
>
> Anyone care to list up your top favorite 3 models ?
>
> RicB
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