Hi Les, Maybe you stopped tuning them when they made their downward spiral (10 years ago?). Did you ever find a better spinet to tune in your career and experience? James Grebe R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis pianoman@inlink.com "Success is not a goal, rather it is a way of life". ---------- > From: Les Smith <lessmith@buffnet.net> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: spinets back > Date: Saturday, January 24, 1998 1:08 PM > > > > On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, pianoman wrote: > > > Les, > > Sorry I have to disagree with you on the all until recent Baldwin spinets. > > I have tuned hundreds of them through the years and are probably my 2nd > > most favorite mass produced small piano. Yamaha is my favorite. > > Hi, Jim. > > In my post I deliberately used the term spinet generically; you'll notice > that I did not mention Baldwin by name, even though the poster did. In the > rarefied world of the spinet piano, there were certainly many made that > were a lot worse than Baldwin's offerings. I am not a fan of the spinet > piano, however--any of them--and it's been a long time since I've tuned or > serviced one. However, I have to agree with Jim Coleman--given a choice > between tuning a Baldwin spinet, or an upright with a birdcage action, I'd > choose the spinet. Birdcages are for the birds! > > Les Smith
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