[CAUT] Baldwin desks

[Joe And Penny Goss]

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Joe Goss RPT
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Kline" <skline@peak.org>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Baldwin desks


> At 11:14 AM 10/3/2005 -0400, you wrote:
> >Some sort of metal capping would help.  Unfortunately, this one only has
> >the screw holes up underneath pulled out.  You can't just put a plug or
> >toothpicks in there either.  It's a soft wood that just tears all to
pieces.
>
> Oh, I finally woke up and realized which Baldwin music desks you were
> talking about -- grand, not upright.
>
> I had to deal with one which had be refitted with a big Lucite slab for a
> church -- held by the same two small holes -- so the choir director could
> see through it. It also needed help to stay on.
>
> I can't quite picture the rails on that music desk -- could one be changed
> or built up so that you could fit three or four honest hinges onto the
> folding part? One could also fit a 1" piece of brass (thick) down the
sides
> at the back of the desk, folded over the edge, but by the time you'd
routed
> a place for it and fitted it in, you could probably have done a different
> fix a couple of times over.
>
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