The Baldwin electric piano is the only instrument I know of that had to be tuned from the back. The Wurlitzer electric "piano" was tuned by adding solder to a vibrating reed to make it go flat or filing some away to make it go sharp. The Baldwin electric piano ended up the height it was (30") because the music teacher/ industry consultant the company hired to help them develop the thing was a very short woman who insisted she be able to easily see over the top of the instrument and watch her students even with all of the switching and amplifying equipment sitting on top of her piano. The whole system -- in my opinion -- would have been much more successful had it been built on an existing 36" or 42" back and iron frame (or plate). At least then it could have used a standard action. And normal people would have been able to tune the bloody things. ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA del at fandrichpiano.com ddfandrich at gmail.com Phone 360.736.7563 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of James Grebe Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 5:05 PM To: Ken & Pat Gerler; pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] another Interesting find Hi Ken, I think you were talking about the Baldwin electric pianos as they tuned from the back, right? Jim
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