[CAUT] Baldwin SD-10 questions

[Delwin D Fandrich]

| -----Original Message-----
| From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On 
| Behalf Of Ken Zahringer
| Sent: October 20, 2006 8:34 AM
| To: College and University Technicians
| Subject: Re: [CAUT] Baldwin SD-10 questions
| 
| Hey, Stan,
| 
| I can offer a little insight on two of your questions.
| 
| About 6-8 years ago I got a call to fix a Baldwin console.  
| The glue joint between the pinblock and the back had failed 
| (condition discovered about 2 years after the warranty 
| expired, ie piano built in late 1980s).  Anyway, I removed 
| the pins with a brace & bit rather than a power drill, so I 
| wouldn't glaze the hole.  I re-installed the pinblock with 
| epoxy and restrung the piano with 3/0 pins, no reaming.  It 
| turned out great.  The pins were tight, but not overly so, 
| and smooth as they could be.  Surprised the hell out of me. 
| :-)  The owner has been a client ever since, and the piano 
| still tunes up great.  That's the only falconwood block I've 
| done that to, so I don't know if the results are 
| representative, but I'd sure do the same thing again in 
| similar circumstances.  Given that and what I know of 
| falconwood, I think I would keep a block of that age, absent 
| a obvious reason to replace it.| 

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The pinblocks used in Baldwin verticals and those used in Baldwin grands are two
entirely different animals. You couldn't get me to use one of their grand
pinblocks on a bet. Unless, of course, it was to make engine stringers for a
boat -- which is what the material was originally designed for.

Del