spinets back and forth

[pianoman]

Hi Les,
Maybe you stopped tuning them when they made their downward spiral (10
years ago?).  Did you ever find a better spinet to tune in your career and
experience?
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 back
> Date: Saturday, January 24, 1998 1:08 PM
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 24 Jan 1998, pianoman wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Hi, Jim.
> 
> In my post I deliberately used the term spinet generically; you'll notice
> that I did not mention Baldwin by name, even though the poster did. In
the
> rarefied world of the spinet piano, there were certainly many made that
> were a lot worse than Baldwin's offerings. I am not a fan of the spinet
> piano, however--any of them--and it's been a long time since I've tuned
or  
> serviced one. However, I have to agree with Jim Coleman--given a choice
> between tuning a Baldwin spinet, or an upright with a birdcage action,
I'd
> choose the spinet. Birdcages are for the birds!
> 
> Les Smith