A good report

[Avery Todd]

Joel Rappaport with some help from students at North Bennett Street
School (I think that's the name of it).

Avery

At 11:24 PM 08/01/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Sounds like the tech / techs at Tangelwood really know their job.
>
>Bob
>
>Moffatt & Sons Piano Service
>Calgary, Alberta
>Canada T3E 5G4
>(403) 243-0385
><mailto:moffattr@cadvision.com>moffattr@cadvision.com
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "jolly roger" <<mailto:baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca>baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca>
>To: <<mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 10:56 PM
>Subject: Fwd: A good report
>
> >
> > WE are not dead yet Rob, and I think the Author has some credibility.
> >
> > Regards Roger
> >
> >
> > >Such a sad thing for a nobel name in the piano business.  I just
> > experienced a
> > >bit of irony in the fact that I just a few minutes ago returned from a 
> day at
> > >Tanglewood.  As usual, there was a Baldwin piano in almost every space big
> > >enough to hold a piano.  The practice sheds had consoles and the 
> classrooms
> > >had
> > >Hamiltons.  The small playing spaces had R's and L's and the larger 
> playing
> > >spaces had 7 and 9 footers.  I can only say that despite an effort to 
> find a
> > >bad piano, I couldn't!   The small R grand that I played in one of the
> > houses,
> > >I would be proud to own!  The seven footer in the chamber music shed 
> was to
> > >die
> > >for, and even the consoles in the practice sheds were even, well 
> voiced and
> > >very playable.  While I am sure that the tech staff at Tanglewood must be
> > very
> > >good, it also says that Baldwin is capable of building a very nice and 
> even
> > >beaurtiful instrument. In 1997 when I was piano shopping, the Baldwins I
> > tried
> > >were inconsistant, sloppy, and some bordered on sounding UGLY.  These 
> pianos
> > >at
> > >Tanglewood were worthy of having caring owners who appreciate them.
> > >
> > >Let's hope that the company can pull it together and lets hope that 
> there is
> > >some hope for American piano manufacture in the popular price ranges.
> > >Irwin Goldberg....pianist, conductor.
> > >
> >
> >