D.H. Baldwin

[Jon Page]

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David,

This is common misguidance on the part of man'f'rs.

Contact David Stanwood for the proper approach to helper springs.

They_do_work when properly utilized.

David S. has the key . . .

Open your horizons  :-)

Regards,

Jon Page
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At 03:47 PM 01/25/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>List,
>
>I tuned a D.H. Baldwin 5'10" grand today.  The action felt 
>terrible and while servicing I noticed it had helper springs on 
>the wippens.  Then I noticed only one key lead in the bass up 
>to tenor then none.  Obviously the helper springs are a big 
>savings in manufacturing over weighing off the keys.  I didn't 
>take down/up weight but it was heavy with lots of up weight.  
>Can this be made to play with just the helper springs?  Of 
>course the hammers are big and heavy with little weight 
>removal done in the factory.  
>
>David I.
>David Ilvedson, RPT
>Pacifica, CA
>ilvey@jps.net
> 
Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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