Cracked Bridge-New Baldwin Console-Need Advice

[David Vanderhoofven]

Sorry, J R W, but Baldwin is not honoring warranties on their pianos before 
they were purchased by Gibson.  I have a customer with a Baldwin 243 built 
just before the bankruptcy that has loose ribs causing soundboard 
buzzing.  There is no reason for a new piano to have problems like that.

David Vanderhoofven
Joplin, MO

At 09:58 PM 2/5/2006, you wrote:
>If it's only five years old, it's still under warranty.  Send it back to the
>factory.
>J R W
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
>Of Ron Nossaman
>Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 7:51 PM
>To: Pianotech List
>Subject: Re: Cracked Bridge-New Baldwin Console-Need Advice
>
>
> > Dear Friends,
> > A customer has a 5 year old Baldwin console with a crack about 12 inches
> > long in the treble bridge, big enough to stick a business card in.
>
>Edge on, or sideways? (sorry)  Where in the bridge?
>
>
> >The piano sounds like hitting a marimba with a timpani stick.  The owner
> > wants to replace it.
>
>It? The bridge, or the piano? Then there's the pesky little
>problem of factoring the soundboard into the equation. Have
>you taken crown and bearing measurements?
>
>
> >I'm new at this and don't do shopwork- and I
> > understand that none of you can diagnose a pian on line- but do you
> > think I could somehow get some CA between the strings, into the crack,
> > and drill a hole through the bridge/soundboard and put in a nut and
> > bolt?  I thought, if it's going to be replaced, I might as well learn
> > something.
> >
> > (It was seen by a friend of mine who does extensive rebuilding and
> > proclaimed the PSO to be DOA)
>
>That still may be the case. If the fix exceeds the value, the
>owner and keeper of the checkbook makes the call.
>
>
> > Any suggestions are sincerely appreciated.  Thanks,
> > Greg Livingston
>
>Pending,
>Ron N
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