Yes! *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 3/2/01 at 7:12 AM larudee@pacbell.net wrote: >David, > >How do you know it's really a Baldwin? That scale is not so unusual and I >ran into a fake (cheap piano painted over with a Baldwin decal) not so >long ago. Was sold to my client by a reseller in Marin some 20 years ago. > Is the Baldwin name actually cast into the plate? > >Paul Larudee > >David Ilvedson wrote: > >> Alright, I've got a question. Baldwin grand, about 5' 7" (didn't >actually measure), poorly "restored", plate serial and model numbers >covered when refinished. Fallboard folds into itself ala old Chickerings, >which I thought was unusual for a Baldwin, front of keyframe has 4 numbers >embossed...9507. Pierce says between 1895 and 1900? I couldn't find any >other #. I brought this piano up from -40 and everything was fine except >the 6 tenor wound strings were 2 whole steps flat. I brought up the first >and bang. I tried another and bang. Decided to replace all six strings. >The windings didn't look particularly well lined up so I'm not sure I want >to use them as samples. Why would they break? I called Baldwin and with >the info I gave: 10 single string unisons, 16 double string unisons in >the bass & 3 double string unisons in the tenor, the technician said it >matched the R scale. I went ahead and ordered tenor duplicates as per >that scale. Is this a waste of time? I c! >ou! >> ld go back and measure from hitch pin to winding etc. but that means an >extra trip.... >> >> David I. >> >> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** >> >> On 2/28/01 at 11:56 AM Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: >> >> >At 07:41 02/28/2001 -0800, you wrote: >> >>Mic the strings before you destring next time... >> >> >> >>David I. >> > >> > >> > >> >Easy on him, Dave, he's just had a learning experience. >> > >> >Oh, for the days of learning experiences instead of senior moments... >> > >> >The rescaling idea isn't a bad one though. I redid a 6'4" Chickering >> >once, >> >dutifully measured the scale, and ran those numbers through a rescaling >> >program. WOW! It was horrible! >> > >> >I worked out a new scale. Then, upon cleaning the plate, I uncovered >the >> >factory numbers. Nowhere close to how I had found it strung. Hmmmm. >> > >> >Don't trust what you find with your micrometer to be what you need. >> > >> > >> > >> >Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu >> >Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 >> >Voice-(319)-387-1204 // Fax (319)-387-1076(Dept.office) >> > >> >Education is the best defense against the media.
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