Does anyone know if Baldwin Fs are supposed to have this "termination bar" in them and, if so, including which years? I have a customer with that model and it appears to have something like what Conklin describes. This particular piano has *horrible* zinging noises in the second section down from the top. How am I supposed to eliminate the noise? Turn that thing that looks like a screw on the speaking side of the capo bar? Another Baldwin related question: That same piano's bridge in the top two sections is splitting like mad at the bridge pins. It appears that Baldwin used vertical-laminate bridge material. In order to repair this, must I remove the entire bridge and start from scratch or can I route the top down and recap it with maple and (probably) boxwood? I've done several bridge recaps with good results (whew!)--including a Baldwin F, ironically--but they involved popping off cap material and gluing new material in its place. I'm guessing that, with careful calculation, I can route this one down. (Gosh! I'm looking forward to cranking up all those thousands of rpms and chewing up some wood! Nnnn-yow-nnnn-yow!) Ron Torrella "Dese are de conditions dat prevail." School of Music --Jimmy Durante University of Illinois
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