Biasco Baldwin Puzzler Answer/Question

[Clyde Hollinger]

I have a client who bought a new Baldwin Hamilton about a year ago.  I
tuned it
the first time last month (it had received two dealer tunings that came
with the
purchase).  The dampers were so far out of regulation, both with the
sustain
pedal and the spoons, that I could easily be convinced that they had
never been
regulated at all, not even in the factory.  I had never seen anything
like it in
any other new piano.  In addition, five hammer heads were loose, the
springs squeaked at the hammer butts, and it sounded like the hammers
were way too soft, very muffled.

Regards,
Clyde

Farrell wrote:

> I've got a new Fiasco Baldwin studio awaiting approval of a work order
> (warrenty claim with Baldwin). One of my clients bought it new for upteen
> billion dollars. Hammer alignment is so bad that many hammers do not even
> hit all their strings. Keys need leveling, some letoffs are a good 3/8-inch,
> etc., etc. A minor disaster of a piano.