I am happy to hear some positive comments about the new Baldwin pianos. I too have seen some great improvements in the last few years. We have a loan program with Baldwin here at Ohio University and it has been interesting to see changes in the new pianos each year. I do, however, have some big problems. For one, the tuning pin alignment on the verticals is really bad in the third octave. String alignment is impossible with the way the strings weave through adjacent pins. My main beef, though, is with the regulating of the grands we got this year. They were fine when they got here but over the Christmas break the regulation went completely out the window. It wasn't just little adjustments due to felt impacting, they went way out. I had to completely re-regulate all four of our grands because they were unplayable. Yes, these are new pianos and they need to break in and yes, our humidity in this building is too low but I have been working with new pianos, especially new Baldwins, for years and I have never seen problems like this. Has anyone else experience this? I would be interested in hearing from you if so. chris -Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. -School of Music, Ohio University -Athens, OH 45701 -mailto:purdy@ohio.edu -(740) 593-1656 office -(740) 593-1429 fax
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