Baldwin regulation

Horace Greeley hgreeley@stanford.edu
Tue Feb 6 09:17 MST 2001


Conrad,

At 04:11 AM 2/6/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Horace,
>At 23:03 02/05/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>
>>HEY!  GUYS!
>>-I can fix the whole problem!
>>-How about we just screw the keyframe down to the keybed, and put a 
>>pitman up through a hole like for the sostenuto...then, we could just 
>>hook that to a long rod (like, an upright damper rod), and just lift the 
>>hammers toward the strings?
>>-No muss.  No fuss.  No more shift squeaks!  Wouldn't have to worry about 
>>the sostenuto getting out of regulation all the time, either.
>
>
>You'd also have to change the name on the fallboard to Mehlin... ;-}

Yeah - but then, I'd also have to put in a plate with a funky slant...and 
maybe, a soundboard with some odd looking ribs and bridges.

Oops - time for coffee!

Cheers!

Horace






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