Baldwin 243's

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 01:49 11/02/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>How long have the 243s / Hamiltons been made?  I've played one or two
>which I thought were nice sounding pianos.  Were they made (Hamiltons,
>not specific ones I played - I don't have the serial #) as early as, say,
>the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s, ?

>   Stephen Airy

Since the early '60s for the 243 - 743 scale, prior to that there was the 
242 - can't remember offhand the scale number, but there are no wound 
unisons on the long bridge on the 242.

before that, there was the "Hamilton" studio (since the '30s?)


Conrad Hoffsommer

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