SHARP pianos... Don

[Ron Nossaman]

>Hi Don,
>
>I'll vouch for that one as well.  The store I work for has 5 Baldwin studio
>pianos that they use for rentals.  They are all aprox. the same age, and the
>same model numbers.  But there's one of them in particular that is much
>better than the others.  Most are the normal, what you would expect of a
>Baldwin studio, type pianos.  But this one is very stable, easy to tune, and
>holds like a rock.  I can tune it, bounce it across town on the back of a
>truck, let some performer beat the living daylights out of it, bounce back
>to the store, and only have a couple of unisons to touch up to send it out
>again, if that.  I sure wish I knew what the difference was!!  I'm stumped.
>But I hope it lasts forever :-) ...(at least as long as I have to tune
>it...)  <g>  Seriously though,  I really am interested in what actual
>physical factors would make the differences.?  Anybody out there care to
>expound?
>
>Have a good day,
>
>Brian Trout
>



Hi Brian,
Since they're all the same model, you probably can't blame the design. That
leaves assembly execution. I'd start with what's measurable; bearing and
crown in all five and see what showed up. 
 Ron