Baldwin

[Avery Todd]

Kevin,

    ( I HAD to change the spelling in the subject line!) :-)

    You were very right! :-) And I was only able to get 3 done; an L, R and 
M, plus
some tunings. Three more to go, plus 2 Wurlitzers and a used Kimball.
    Most of the regulation was terrible, except for the key dip. It was 
fairly close
except for one. But I pretty much expected that. :-) Hammer to string spacing
was atrocious on all of them! One even needed about half the hammer
flanges repinned because they were wobbly. On the lift while adjusting
repetition, I could actually see the hammer move to the left!
    What I didn't expect was that two had no down bearing whatsoever on a few
notes; the L in the upper bass and the other one in the upper middle section.
Also, the bass strings overall were unusually low on the hitch pin. Which I
know, in and of itself, is not necessarily wrong.
    Has Baldwin made some changes which would necessitate this? It didn't
seem to affect the tone, though.
    After all the work, they actually turned out pretty nice. I was just 
hoping that
the "new and improved" versions would also include the regulation type
stuff. Oh well, it keeps the money coming in, anyway.
    And to make matters worse, doing all that floor tuning stuff, my SAT III
program crashed and I'll probably lose everything I had stored in there!!!!!!!
Literally. Sure glad I'm an aural tuner! :-) A word to the wise. If you 
have tunings
stored in memory, back it up or do a print out, or something. I'll probably 
lose
custom tunings for 4 Steinway D's and 5 B's and a 7' Kawai. :-(
    In spite of all the negative things I've said, I actually pretty much 
like them.
After a lot of work, of course. :-) Now, can anyone thing of another brand that
also has to have all that done??????? :-)

Avery

At 08:59 AM 08/10/00 -0700, you wrote:
>Avery,,,,be prepared to make some money this weekend. If you're going to be
>prepping six in one weekend, you're going to have to do some triage with
>them. They are coming from the factory needing a lot of regulation work. I
>know, I work for a Baldwin dealership in Scottsdale, AZ. Good luck.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Avery Todd <avery@ev1.net>
>To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Date: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 6:22 PM
>Subject: Re: Re: Balwin
>
> >Hi Roger,
> >
> >    I didn't make myself very clear. What I was trying to ask was have you
> >(or anyone else on the list, for that matter( seen the new "enhanced"
> >Baldwins? The shipment this dealer got in the other day was his first
> >for the "new" ones and I was just wondering if they were particularly
> >better than the others. Just curious.
> >
> >Avery
> >
> >At 06:13 PM 08/09/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >>Hi Avery,
> >>               Guess i'm just picky, and never satisfied. Piano's like
>this
> >>is worth the effort of hammer mating, string levelling etc. And a complete
> >>touch up of regulation.
> >>Roger
> >>
> >>
> >>At 05:12 PM 09/08/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >> >Hi Roger,
> >> >
> >> >    Does this comment also include the new "enhanced" Baldwins? I'm
> >> >going to be prepping 6 of them this coming weekend and I was hoping
> >> >I wouldn't have to do as much as I've had to on the previous ones.
> >> >    Oh well, I can always use the money. :-)
> >> >
> >> >Avery
> >> >
> >> >At 12:29 PM 08/09/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> >Ed;
> >> >> > Interesting statistic. Could it be the maple rim thingee effect? :-)
> >> >> >Jim Bryant (FL)
> >> >> >
> >> >>Hi Jim,
> >> >>             Could be, however the Yamaha only takes minimal prep, the
> >> >>Baldwin a full day's work.
> >> >>Ah well can't have every thing.
> >> >>What you gain on the swings, you lose on the round abouts.
> >> >>Both instruments are of good quality, but distinctly different.
> >> >>Regards Roger
> >> >>Roger Jolly
> >> >>Saskatoon, Canada.
> >> >>306-665-0213
> >> >>Fax 652-0505
> >> >
> >>Roger Jolly
> >>Saskatoon, Canada.
> >>306-665-0213
> >>Fax 652-0505
> >
> >