[CAUT] Backfire!!

[Susan Kline]

At 01:47 PM 10/10/2007, Ken wrote:
>Just my own, never-to-be-humble opinion, but I think any Baldwin SD 
>has tremendous potential.  It's 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 :-)


Newport Arts Center (Newport, Oregon) has both a very new D and a 
1970 SD. I have a soft spot for the Baldwin, which has been through 
the wars with me, but of course everybody plays the new Steinway. 
They combine surprisingly well for two piano concerts. Sharing a lid 
seems to bring out the best of both of them. The Steinway gets to 
provide the lid.

Yakov Kasman recently made my day by choosing the SD-10 over the 
Steinway for his recital. They were sitting side by side for his 
master classes, so it was easy to test both of them.

Susan Kline