spinets back

[pianoman]

Les,
Sorry I have to disagree with you on the all until recent Baldwin spinets. 
I have tuned hundreds of them through the years and are probably my 2nd
most favorite mass produced small piano.  Yamaha is my favorite.
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis
pianoman@inlink.com
"Success is not a goal, rather it is a way of life".

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> From: Les Smith <lessmith@buffnet.net>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: spinets
> Date: Saturday, January 24, 1998 2:09 AM
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, Michiel van Loon wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > Northern American techs.
> > Today, for the first time in my 6 year old career as a piano tuner, I
tuned
> > a Baldwin spinet.
> > Overhere we have all kinds of Eastern European PSO's.
> > But those spinet things don't even have the shape of a piano.
> > What a terrible job that must be to service them.
> > Or don't you service them, and just throw them away like we will do
with the
> > Chinese and Russian junk.
> 
> > But please keep them on your side of the Atlantic.
> 
> Hi, Michiel. Welcome to Pianotech. You write really well. I especially
> like the phrase "Chinese and Russian junk". It's obvious that you have a
> good eye when it comes to determining piano quality. I agree with your
> feelings about spinet pianos, too. As for keeping them on our side of the
> Atlantic, maybe we could enter into an agreement whereby we could ship
> them HALF WAY over and then unload them--you know, where the ocean is
> the deepest! :) That way, NONE of us would have to work on them. 
> 
> Les Smith
> lessmith@buffnet.net