[CAUT] PIano Duo: S&S D and Baldwin SD-10 ?!

[Andrew Anderson]

Bill,
Thanks.  I think I will try to sell this.

Andrew

At 11:42 PM 1/11/2007, you wrote:
>Hi, Andrew,
>
>Restring the top sections, OR
>
>in a pinch drop the tension in the top two sections and run the 
>string around the hitchpin some (lower a half turn on one pin, 
>increase on the other) to re-locate the hardened wire at the front 
>terminations.  Problem with this idea is that it will clean things 
>up quite a bit, when you really should use the disastrous buzzing 
>etc to sell a restringing....but you do what you gotta 
>do....Hopefully the pins aren't too tight :)
>
>BIll Shull
>La Sierra University, RIverside, CA
>(where there are two SD-10s)
>
>In a message dated 1/11/2007 7:45:13 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
>andrew at andersonmusic.com writes:
>I've got some tuning coming up for piano days here in Laredo.  They
>want to do some duos and use the two resident concert grands
>together.  Bit of a mis-match if you ask me...  I'll encourage
>bringing another D over from another local venue but...I'll probably
>be stuck with tuning the Baldwin to the D.
>
>Here's the rub.  The Baldwin has those proprietary front duplex
>thingamajigs and the shrieking and buzzing are just plain shrill and
>nasty.  They are all over the place angle-wise so I haven't figured
>out a rhyme or reason for their positions.  Does anyone know how to
>tame these or shall I just stuff that all full of felt for the
>concert at hand?  Wondered about trickling CA glue in around the
>thingamajigs to see if that would help but it would be a nuisance to
>clean up if I had to.  For those of you who wonder, the Baldwin was
>replaced by the D and banished to the choir room where it plays
>second fiddle to a Boston upright.  Has great stability and good tone
>for the most part except the treble.
>
>Open to ideas, hopefully expertise.
>
>Andrew Anderson, Artisan Piano
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