Ron, I "think" you're wrong on this. I've been working on Baldwins since the 70's and I've never seen an Acrosonic without bridle tapes. I have, although, seen Whitney spinets (Kimball) without them! Acrosonics were Baldwin's high end spinets/consoles and I really doubt they'd have put out instruments without bridle tapes. Maybe I'm wrong. It wouldn't be the first time! :-) Avery At 06:12 AM 11/20/05, you wrote: >Hi Dave, > >> I meant to add that I've seen at least one console--I forget the >> make-- that was manufactured with no bridle straps. I didn't have >> to pull the action, so I don't know what keeps the jacks from >> jamming under the butts if it's removed. -- D.N. > >The console to which you refer is the Baldwin Acrosonic. A number of >these which were sold in Sydney developed tight hammer centres. >Without tapes they weren't exactly easy to get along with. They also >had some kind of felt-like material in place of the usual balance >hammer covering, so the checks didn't, particularly at higher dynamic levels. > >Ron O. >-- >OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY > Grand Piano Manufacturers >_______________________ > >Web http://overspianos.com.au >mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au >_______________________ >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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