Baldwin PSO- I need your advice

[Alan Barnard]

Don't know if this relates to your Acrosonic problem but ...

I've had several Baldwin (Hamilton) pianos with notes that sound "like a
marimba being struck with a bass drum mallet" with "no sustain at all" and
found the problem to be the bridge coming off the soundboard or seperating
laminations. This was invariably around the treble break, but could happen
elsewhere, I suppose. The sound is in such a case is dead because the
springy seperated wood is absorbing most of the energy before it gets to
the board. Fairly easy to fix with glue and judiciously placed (and
countersunk) screws. 

Alan Barnard
Salem, Missouri


> [Original Message]
> From: Greg Livingston <pianotuner440@hotmail.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 11/25/2005 12:21:09 PM
> Subject: Baldwin PSO- I need your advice
>
> Hello, everyone.
> Today, I tuned a Baldwin Acrosonic console, model # 2090MAH.  It is 7
years 
> old, and had been tuned once by the dealer 5 years ago when it was 
> delivered. No other prep work was done at that time.  The tone is 
> unbelievably horrible, and I need advice.
>
> It sounds like a marimba being struck with a bass drum mallet; no sustain
at 
> all.  I got it stable at 440, and the tuning is good until you depress
the 
> damper pedal - then a horrible roar of discordant echoes like I've never 
> heard before belches forth from the beast.  To say that I'm dealing with 
> issues of inharmonicity is putting it mildly.
>
> In the past, I have always gotten good advice from this list and I sure 
> could use some now!
>
> Sincerely,
> Greg Livingston
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