Help with Baldwin parts-Avery

[Michelle Smith]

I attended my first PTG Austin chapter meeting last month and Mary  
Cushing Smith (who currently tunes my piano) was giving a report from  
the recent Music Merchants show in California.  I can't remember the  
details about Baldwin but I know the group discussed them as if they  
were at least still semi-alive.  Look for an article from Mary in an  
upcoming PTG journal.  It may shed some light on the issue.

Michelle Smith
Student Tuner
Bastrop, Texas

On Mar 28, 2006, at 6:44 AM, Porritt, David wrote:

> Vladan:
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> I remember the elegant Baldwin booth in the exhibitor’s area at the  
> 2002 convention in Dallas.  There was the PTG supplied sign, a card  
> table and two folding chairs with two guys.  They had no  
> instruments, no literature not even business cards.  It was really  
> pretty sad!  The impression I get (which could be inaccurate) is  
> that Baldwin has died but no one has conducted a funeral nor buried  
> them.  I just did a search on their web site and didn’t find any  
> Baldwindealers.  Are there any?
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> dp
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> David M. Porritt
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> dporritt at smu.edu
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> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]  
> On Behalf Of V T
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 10:23 PM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Help with Baldwin parts-Avery
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> It's all very sad;  Baldwin was the one company that managed to  
> design a few great instruments in the last 50 years.  Now, it looks  
> like there is not a single new Baldwin grand on display anywhere in  
> Northern California, one of the most affluent markets in the U.S.
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> I was just looking at the schedule of PTG classes in Rochester -  
> not a single speaker from Baldwin with anything technical to say.   
> I wonder if there is anyone left at the factory at all.  I wish  
> somebody competent came along to to buy them from Gibson.
>
> Vladan
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> James,
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> It's a lost cause! Believe me.
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> Avery
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> At 04:30 PM 3/27/2006, you wrote:
> >UnbeLIEVable.  I've sent irate emails to their technical depart and
> >to the president, Rocco Melchione, along with numerous phone
> >messages, with absolutely no response.  If I ever meet up with one
> >of them, they'll sure get a piece of my mind!
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> Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low  
> rates.
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