Help with Baldwin parts-Avery

Avery avery1 at houston.rr.com
Tue Mar 28 15:39:49 MST 2006


And knowing this current Baldwin, probably left over from before 
Gibson bought them.

Avery

At 07:43 AM 3/28/2006, you wrote:
>The Baldwin dealer here is pretty aggressive.  There a re a lot of 
>Baldwin products in their showroom, though most of them are made for 
>Baldwin in China.
>James
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>
>To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:44 AM
>Subject: RE: Help with Baldwin parts-Avery
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>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 Baldwin dealers.  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.
>
>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:
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>>UnbeLIEVable.  I've sent irate emails to their technical depart and
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>>to the president, Rocco Melchione, along with numerous phone
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>>messages, with absolutely no response.  If I ever meet up with one
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>>of them, they'll sure get a piece of my mind!
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