Just my own, never-to-be-humble opinion, but I think any Baldwin SD has tremendous potential. It¹s no wonder no one likes it, being in the condition you describe. Properly rebuilt, it can be a great concert instrument, although it may not support quite so great a Nose Elevation Angle on the part of the player :-) Regards, Ken Z. On 10/10/07 8:41 AM, "Paul T Williams" <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote: > > Hi List, > > Have you ever had one of those days??? > > In our main concert hall we have a Steinway D and a 1950's Baldwin D. The > Baldwin belongs to the Lied Center for Performing Arts. They are, but aren't > part of the university. This piano has been on "permanent loan" to the > university for many years... Anywho, I commented to the Music Director that > the Baldwin is in dire need of major work (all original, I think except for > stringing) .I asked him to have the manager of the Lied center to consider > investing in it. It needs EVERYTHING! The manager turns around and gives it > to us! He has no budget and doesn't want it back. We really don't want it > and the director is trying to find funds for a new Steinway (NY or Hamburg). > Nobody likes this piano and faculty pout if they're "forced" to play it. It's > used a lot, but for non-university events held in our hall, so pulling it out > of service for major work would be tricky > > Questions: > 1. Does this piano have potential to be a great instrument? > 2. Is it worth putting thousands of dollars into it? or- might it be wiser > to replace action, restring, etc. just minimal work until funding magically > arrives for a new Steinway? > 3. Has anyone else fallen into such a thing? > > Thanks! > > Paul T. Williams RPT -- Ken Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician MU School of Music 297 Fine Arts 882-1202 cell 489-7529 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20071010/c3d24422/attachment.html
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