[pianotech] D H Baldwin Manufacturer

[Court Stewart]

Well, that should clear it up!  :)

Sorry, Ken, I wrote that at 3:00am last night/this morning and looking back
over my comment, it's kind of ambiguous.  I worked for Baldwin's Atlanta
showroom in the late 90's, but they were only selling Wurlitzers at that
time (no DH's).  They had 3 models: a C-143, -153 and -173.  At least, I
think the letter was "C".  I'm pretty sure about the numbers, tho!  These
were Samicks and I was under the impression that the switch from Young Chang
had happened just a year or two before I started there.  Dean and Paul have
given me second thoughts on this.

I just wrote to a friend who did sales there for many years -- I think he'll
have a more definitive answer as to the timeline.  Have you checked Fine's
books?  Mine aren't up-to-date.

-Court Stewart



On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Ken & Pat Gerler <
kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net> wrote:

>  I should have added the serial number - 57548 which would make it around
> 1990 if in one of the Young Chang factories - Inchon.  It would make sense
> to me that companies would not have "parallel" serial numbering systems for
> separate named products in a factory. Samick was using 2 or 3 alpha
> characters in their serial numbering system at that time.  The PianoDisc
> system serial number (W05960050) makes the manufacture date prior to 1996.
>
> Ken Gerler
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com>
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:37 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] D H Baldwin Manufacturer
>
>  I’m pretty sure it is a Samick. I sold against them when I was selling
> Young Chang product.
>
>
>
> *Dean*
>
> Dean May             cell 812.239.3359
>
> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272
>
> Terre Haute IN  47802
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Ken & Pat Gerler
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:41 AM
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* [pianotech] D H Baldwin Manufacturer
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> I service a C-172 DH Baldwin 5' 8" Grand today (with a PianoDisc system
> installed). I looked all over to see where it was manufactured but I did not
> find any kind of marking. I suspect it was built by Young Chang for
> Baldwin??? Anyone know?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken Gerler
>
>
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