[CAUT] Baldwin Info

[Ken Zahringer]

Avery,

I rebuilt a Baldwin for my church some years ago that sounds similar to the
one you describe.  It is a 5'7" with a 20 note bass, and six wound tenor
notes.  It was built in the 1920s, and has the old style copper or brass
"House of Baldwin" medallion pressed into a crest in the plate.

The serial number should be stamped into the back of the belly rail, toward
the treble side.  If it is preceded by a letter, that is probably the model
number.  The number on the cheeks & keyslip is not the SN.

BTW, does it have a metal wippen rail?  If so, that would also tie it to the
1920s.  I don't think Baldwin did that for very long.

Ken Z.


On 3/27/05 9:38 AM, "Avery Todd" <atodd@uh.edu> wrote:

> List,
> 
> I worked on a Baldwin grand Saturday and I have a question about the serial
> number.
> The plate has been redone sometime in the past but the serial number was
> not replaced.
> I found the number 6090 on the cheek blocks & key slip. Would I be correct in
> assuming this is the serial number? If so, the Atlas lists that as being
> built between
> 1895 & 1900. That seems a little old for this instrument.
> 
> It's app. 5'+ long (I didn't have a tape measure with me), has a 20 note
> bass with 7
> notes (F2-B2 in the tenor) also having bass strings. It's obviously been
> restrung more
> than once (it has 6/0 tuning pins!).
> 
> Except for the 20 note bass on a small piano (Baldwin doesn't, do they?)
> the only other
> thing that seemed different was the action rail where the hammer flanges
> are screwed on.
> It was painted a gold color, with a ledge app. ¾" - 1" wide extending out
> from where the
> screws are and a factory type, small Baldwin decal on it. I've never seen
> an action with
> that ledge before. but it was very handy for holding travel paper! :-)
> 
> My primary question though, is about the age. The instrument is now in a
> Masonic Lodge &
> the  lady who originally owned the piano told my customer (who plays there)
> that she had
> bought it new in the 1960's. Just because of the action frame design alone,
> I seriously, seriously doubt that it was new then!
> 
> Can anyone confirm about the serial number location(s)? Thanks.
> 
> Avery
> 
> _______________________
> Avery Todd, RPT
> Moores School of Music
> University of Houston
> Houston, TX 77204-4017
> 
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Ken Zahringer, RPT
Piano Technician
MU School of Music
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