Spurlock told me that Pacific Piano supplies all the high-quality parts from Japan, currently being made for classic American uprights. As other suppliers stop production, Tokiwa might start producing other items besides their current line. Thump --- Nichols <nicho@zianet.com> wrote: > > Patrick, > > It was a sad thing to see Gibson close the > Juarez Baldwin action plant > after sooooo many years. Most people didn't know how > many parts they really > were involved with for many manufacturers. I suspect > that we will all have > to wait for Japanese, Chinese, and European parts > from here on out. > One bit of good news. A lot of the people that > built those parts in the > first place now work at the SAMA facility. We do > rebuild those parts on a > regular basis. (not the plastic ones). So, you can > call the guy that ran > the Baldwin plant and get a quote: 915-727-4138. > Salvador Ortiz. > > Regards, > Guy Nichols > > > At 06:51 PM 9/13/2005 -0700, you wrote: > >Hello All: I recently tried to order some upright > damper flanges from > >several supply houses, only to be told that there > would be a three week > >delay because the Baldwin parts factory is now > closed, no one had any > >flanges left, and they were all awaiting the > arrival of a shipment from > >Japan. Has anyone else had this problem, and if so > is there an > >alternative? Are upright piano parts now completely > outsourced overseas? > >Thanks, > >Patrick C. Poulson > >Registered Piano Technician > >Piano Technicians Guild > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
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