Third-string catchers

Jeff Tanner jtanner@mozart.music.sc.edu
Wed, 3 Nov 1999 14:42:22 -0600


>Roughing up a rock sounds more like it.  Replace the corfam.
>
>I've got one of these 1970's Hamilton wonders to behold (tongue firmly
>pressed into cheek).  Is it me or is Baldwin one of the most consistantly
>goofed up brand of pianos that we service?  Bad glue (hammer heads are
>always loose on Baldwins, and today's Hamilton had a soundboard that had
>pulled loose from the back inner rim (lower rh corner), again more bad glue.
>Bad bad corfam.  Rubber grommets dissentegrating on Acronsics, and lets not
>forget jumpy, poppy tuning pins.
>
>Did I leave any of the typical Baldwin gripes out?
>
>Oh well, back to work I go.
>
>-Brian Henselman,RPT
>Austin, TX
>musicmasters@att.net
>

Sounds like you haven't tuned a Steinway upright yet.
Jeff

Jeff Tanner, Piano Technician
School of Music
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
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