[pianotech] Baldwin Vertical string gauge

Ryan Sowers tunerryan at gmail.com
Wed Nov 10 09:02:47 MST 2010


You might try contacting Del Fandrich. He designed some of those scales -
for a reasonable fee he could rescale the piano for you if you send him the
proper information.

His contact info is at www.fandrichpiano.com

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 4:00 AM, Carlos Ralon <ceralon at comcast.net> wrote:

>  Help,
> Does anyone have the original string gauge of the Baldwin (I think model
> 243, s.n. 321196 labels were removed) vertical? It has 58 treble unisons.
> This is the model with the one piece desk and lid, about 20 plus years old.
> John Travis' book says string gauges were cast into the Baldwin Wickham
> plates. After gauging the old rusty wires, I don't trust the readings. Any
> help?
> Carlos Ralon, RPT
>



-- 
Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net
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