Hammer shape/Baldwin

[Avery Todd]

Marc,

I sincerely hope you're correct. I've just been doing this for too many years,
I guess. I sort of have the attitude now of "show me" or "prove it") :-) I've
worked on, had one, for a lot of years. I was even asked to be the Baldwin 
C & A
tech for the Houston area just before all the "stuff" happened. They still owe
me well over $1,000, which I know I'll never see. I won't ever work on their
C & A pianos again, either. Without the money up front! :-)

Avery

At 01:49 PM 06/07/03 +0000, you wrote:
>Avery,
>
>I do know that Gibson was bought out by three guys several years ago.  And 
>it's almost like the Harley-Davidson story of some of the family buying 
>back Harley from AMF.  They had a goal of bringing back quality to the 
>Harley name.  I probably don't have to tell you the rest of that 
>story!  These guys have done nothing but pour their heart and soul into 
>that company to make the best guitars around.  Gibson is now respected 
>again in the guitar world.  They make some beautiful instruments and the 
>quality is over the top!
>Over the next few years I'm sure you will see the same thing happen to 
>Baldwin.  All the owners at Gibson care about is quality,quality,quality.
>This will most certainly be the same for Baldwin.  Be prepared to see some 
>beautiful pianos start rolling off the line soon.  Not to mention some 
>pretty great sounding ones as well.  Baldwin is now in the hands of 
>private ownership, more or less.  And this is great news for all.
>
>p.s.  No, I don't work for Gibson or Baldwin.  I'm just your average musician.
>
>
>>From: Avery Todd <avery@ev1.net>
>>Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>>To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>>Subject: Re: Hammer shape/Baldwin
>>Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 19:20:06 -0500
>>
>>Roy,
>>
>>I just to talked to the Baldwin dealer I do some work for (not in Houston)
>>and he said that as far as he knows, what you said is correct. But remember,
>>that was all before Gibson bought the company and he wasn't sure what they're
>>doing now!
>>
>>Avery
>>
>>At 07:43 PM 06/06/03 -0400, you wrote:
>>>Does anyone know about the hammers which Baldwin has been using the last 
>>>couple of years?  Are these Wurzen felt?  I have heard that they are 
>>>made by Renner to Baldwin's specs and are different from the hammers 
>>>that Renner USA has available for sale.     They don't seem to be as 
>>>dense, or to require as much maintenence as Renner blues.    Just wondering.
>>>
>>>Roy Peters
>>>Cincinnati
>>
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