Baldwin

[Richard Strang]

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The piano did not have the Accu-Just hitch pins, but the M I am going to
replace the bass strings in  sometime in the next few weeks, does. I don't
know whether I should have Mapes or Schaff make the strings. I think Schaff
is cheaper, but maybe not so much so. What do you all think?
  -----Original Message-----
  From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
Behalf Of Delwin D Fandrich
  Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 1:31 PM
  To: Pianotech
  Subject: Re: Baldwin


  How old was the Baldwin M? Did it have vertical hitches? If so, welcome to
the wonderful world of SynchroTone strings--the core and wrap sizes tend to
jump all over the place. Hence, so does inharmonicity and the harmonic
structure of the strings. It's not really random, it just seems that way.
These pianos are a good reason to work on one's aural tuning skills.
Especially in the bass.

  Del
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Richard Strang
    To: pianotech (E-mail)
    Sent: July 18, 2003 1:26 PM
    Subject: Baldwin


    Hi, all,
      I just took a vacation back in Illinois, and while I was there, I
tuned my brother's Baldwin M grand. I brought my Sat lll along just for the
occasion.
       Everything went fine with the tuning until I reached the first single
string in the bass. I put it where the Sat said to put it, but it didn't
sound right. My brother has a better musical ear than I and said it sounded
sharp. Aurally, it was tuned 6:3 as it should, but there was a strong beat
higher up. That piano and my brother were not satisfied until I tuned those
last 10 strings 12:6! Can you imagine? Have any of you ran into a similar
situation? It sounded good that way, so that's the way it stayed.

    Richard

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