At 09:44 AM 2/16/96 -0700, you wrote: >>> I have a customer with a Baldwin Hamilton from the 1980's. There is a >>> scraping noise when the key is released and the jack resets. . . >> >>Corfam problem. You need to replace the corfam. It was used in >>place of leather on the butts, i.e. the butt catcher and butt skin. >> >> >>vince mrykalo rpt >>byu provo utah >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >The piano is probably out of it's warrantee period. However, Baldwin will >still send you the replacement leather (at least they have in the past), >they just won't pay you to install it. BTW the whole job only takes 2-3 >hours > >---- >Rick Florence, Piano Technician > Arizona State University School of Music > Rick.Florence@ASU.Edu > > Wow! Man, you are fast! Do you do these by E-mail? You could subcontract them by the thousand, make a good living, and still feed technicians all around the country. How about the necessary action regulation afterward? Also, the last set of Baldwin supplied replacements I saw seemed to be a more sophisticated artificial leather than what was on there originally, but an artificial nontheless. That was six or seven years ago so I don't have any idea what you'll get now. 2-3 hours... mutter mutter Ron Nossaman
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