---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Paul: If "Baldwin" is not cast in the plate it is probably a forgery.= Unscrupulous techs or dealers have put those little "Baldwin" circles in= stencil pianos because that is a widely known name. The Chickering name= gets used a lot too. If there is the claim that a piano is a major name= and it is not cast in the plate, it isn't. dave *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 8/17/01 at 7:41 AM Paul wrote: List I looked at a grand the other day that had the decal removed during= refinishing, but has the Baldwin emblem attached inside the rim. The= trapwork has some parts missing; only the sustain pedal is working. I= couldn't pull the action while there. My question: did Baldwin use true= sustenuto in all their grands decaled "Baldwin" and use bass sustain for= the middle pedal on grands decaled "Howard" or names other than Baldwin? Does any one have some old Baldwin trapwork for sale. I need the una corda= mechanism and middle pedal mechanism. Serial # 55210. Thanks Paul Chick _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/a6/e5/04/2a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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