List, today I tuned a Baldwin from about 1980. With a fortissimo blow there was only a poor checking and therefore some nearly bobbling hammers. I think the reason is that the catcher buckskin and the backcheck felt don´t have a strong enough grip. Or it could be that the overall geometry of the action is not so well designed. There was enough aftertouch and no problem with a piano or forte blow. We don´t see many Baldwins here, but I guess in the USA this problem might be well known? The cather buckskin is made of a strange material, no leather. Ever experienced that on a Baldwin (about 105 cm height). Gregor ------------------------ piano technician - tuner - dealer Münster, Germany www.weldert.de -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20111222/3b86d68c/attachment.htm>
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