Music Desks

[richard murphy]

Jeff,
        I had a loaner Baldwin grand model R that the music desk broke out on
and it also had a broken fall board on the side where that piston thing is.
The brass screws for the hinge broke I think because the entire hinge and set
screw were too close to the cheek block.  I also had continual problems with
the key slip bowing into the key fronts.  Perhaps that piano was built on
Monday.

Jeff Tanner wrote:

> While on the subject of supplier complaints, has anyone else had trouble
> with music desks on Baldwin grands?  I bandage up 2 or more a year due to
> the bearings at each end breaking out of the veneer, which is all there is
> supporting the entire weight of the desk, not including the hinge screws
> stripping out taking huge chunks of wood with them.  But Baldwin says there
> have been no complaints and they won't warranty them.  The design and/or
> materials seem too fragile for the institutional setting.  Anyone else?
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Tanner
> Piano Technician
> School of Music
> University of South Carolina
> Columbia, SC 29208
> (803)-777-4392 (phone)