----- Original Message ----- From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: November 02, 2003 4:12 AM Subject: Re: Baldwin 243's > 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 I redesigned the piano in the mid-1986. It went from the 743/4 version to the 743/5. I don't know when it all started. Del
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