This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Yes they bought the assets.....,but they are also using the Baldwin = name. No opinion, just a comment. Mike Bratcher ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David M. Porritt=20 To: Kevin E. Ramsey ; pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:46 PM Subject: Re: Baldwin warantee The word I got was that Gibson bought the assets of the old Baldwin = Co. from the bankruptcy court and that they didn't actually buy the old = company. There's a difference between buying a building and some = machines, and buying a company. I'm not defending their actions, I just = think that's the way they did it. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 4/15/2003 at 6:34 PM Kevin E. Ramsey wrote: Roger Jolly, being a Baldwin dealer,,,,,,,,,,wait, I don't think he = is any more.........oh, well. He may still be able to answer this better = than I.=20 I don't know, for the life of me, how Gibson can take over a = company like Baldwin and not assume the responsibilities of the original = company, but apparently they think that they can. I suppose the Courts = will have to decide that one, but who wants to step up with half a = million dollars to find out? Kevin. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: PatchWick@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 5:48 PM Subject: Baldwin warantee Hey list: I recently was called to tune a 10 year old Baldwin console. Turns = out that the pin block is totally separated from the frame (end to end = and top to bottom). The frame posts are all loose at the top as well. = The local Baldwin dealer checked with the factory (now owned by Gibson) = to see if they would replace/repair this piano under the original = warantee. Turns out that not only will they NOT honor this warantee but = that the warantees on all the brand new Baldwins on his sales floor were = null and void as well. Any thoughts? Thanks will wickham=20 _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/94/3f/c4/42/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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