[CAUT] Baldwin Accujust

[Paul T Williams]

Gerry,

Do you still need to lower tention I'm assuming? I didn't realize you 
could do this!!  Very cool idea. If it was that great an idea, why didn't 
everyone do it?

Paul
PS.  I'm not going to let the prepared piano composition folks know about 
this ;>o   what fun they could think up!





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Greg,
If memory serves, the Baldwin boards had zero or nearly zero crown. 
Perhaps some of the old(er) Baldwin gang could clarify. 
The accujust  (A.K.A. accu"snap") pins allowed anyone on the factory line 
to string and adjust the bearing. Another plus was you didn't have to 
unstring the piano to work on the board.  The plate and block all came out 
in one unit. You work on the board repairing whatever then everything went 
back in place with effciencies of time. The plate bolts (machined) allowed 
better easier plate location in regads to the board and bridges. 
Engineering-wise it was a pretty well thought system from the 
manufacturing point of view.
Gerry
 
> From: gnewell at ameritech.net
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:43:39 -0400
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Baldwin Accujust
> 
> Interesting that during the video it was mentioned that you never have 
to
> rebuild a Baldwin due to lack of downbearing. I wonder, is the idea to 
just
> keep adding more downbearing via the strings even though the crown of 
the
> board may become negative in the process over the years? I don't think 
that
> I would ever do it that way. My 2 cents.
> 
> Greg Newell
> Greg's Piano Forté
> www.gregspianoforte.com
> 216-226-3791 (office)
> 216-470-8634 (mobile)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of 
John
> D. Chapman
> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:19 AM
> To: caut at ptg.org
> Subject: [CAUT] Baldwin Accujust
> 
> Our chapter member Al Guecia, who worked as a voicer at the Steinway 
factory
> for many years, gave a technical on the Baldwin Accujust hitchpin. We 
taped
> his presentation and put it on YouTube. He details Baldwin plate height
> adjustment, and hitch pin adjustment. You might find it helpful:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jImiLGEdz4A
> 
> --
> John D. Chapman
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> Lexington, North Carolina 27295
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