Baldwin 9' price

[J Patrick Draine]

On 7/11/06, Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
Could they really
> sell a new SD10 for more than a Steinway D? Yes, I know that a good SD10 can
> blow the lid of many Ds, but it doesn't have that famous name on the
> fallboard.

Perhaps it's just my reaction to not the infrequently poor quality of
so many of the consumer-level Baldwins I've seem in the past couple
decades, and Baldwin's near indifference to the past decade's PTG
conventions (when's the last time they held a recital at our summer
convention?), but I would find recommending a Baldwin SD10 to be a
rather large leap of faith.
Did the concert instrument department survive the company's bancruptcy
intact or is it a shadow of its former state? Anyone on the list
currently happily working on brand new SF10Es (the 7 ft model) or
SD10s?
Skeptically,
Patrick Draine RPT