We have an 1986 Baldwin SD-10 here with the fancy individual front-duplex peices and accujust hitch-pins. String segments from the tuning-pins to the front duplex, and from the treble bridge to the hitch-pins are open (unbraided), and quite "lively" throughout the treble. My question; is this original? The front segment looks suspect; instead of a thick string cushion, there is only bushing cloth, which comes nowhere near to contacting/muting the strings. (to the best of my knowledge, this instrument has never been restrung) Would this segment originally have been braided? I'm going to braid it anyhow (it has a ring-time of 6-7 seconds when strummed), just can't imagine this segment being intended to ring, no matter the carefull de-tuning of the actual duplex segments. thanks in advance, all you good Baldwin folk! Mark Cramer, Brandon University
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