All kidding aside, the 243's are real work horses, as Guy mentioned, aside from some of the problems with excessively tight pins, various problem components mentioned in past posts, & tone that rivals a practice room Yamaha on steroids. (gimme the steam) As spinets go, the Acro mentioned really was at the top of the heap -- bearing in mind that it's still sitting on a heap. In general, I prefer the grands. Well maintained, they can sound pretty good. One thing that I've noticed, action-wise, is the tendency for the hammer shank to drop to the cushion when checking the jack height, unless the springs on the rep lever really make the hammer jump out of check. Any body have any observations on that? This is common when too heavy a hammer has been hung, but I'm sure some of these were original hammers with a few shapings on them. This phenomenon seemed more common on Baldwin actions than others. Otto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>; "Newtonburg" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:55 PM Subject: Re: Baldwin warranty / 743 question > Reading all the posts that have been written I find myself wondering if > there is anyone that likes anything at all that Baldwin has produced in > the last ....say... 20 years. > > I'm curious as to which models present and recent past are considered > good instruments by our collective here. > > Anyone care to list up your top favorite 3 models ? > > RicB > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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