Broken Baldwin

[Lonnie Young]

List,

I talked with someone at Baldwin a few days ago.  She said that all payments
are in the hands of the lawyers at this time.  Did not know when the problem
would be resolved.  The dealer that I did some warranty work for a few
months ago said he would reimburse me if Baldwin didn't, so I took him up on
the offer.

Also Baldwin does not have the ability to sell parts, except to dealers,
because Gibson was in the process of providing a way to accept payments.

Good news is that Baldwin is planning to move grand piano production back to
Conway Arkansas.

Baldwin Ph    (877) 889-4805
Baldwin Fax  (877) 641-8200

Lonnie Young

The University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS


 -----Original Message-----
From: 	owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]  On Behalf Of Jeff
Tanner
Sent:	Friday, February 01, 2002 7:55 AM
To:	caut@ptg.org
Subject:	Re: Broken Baldwin

I just got through with some Baldwin warranty work in December and billed
the old Baldwin service department.  This work had been authorized by
Baldwin during the bankruptcy before the Gibson purchase.  I suppose I need
to make some contacts to see if I'm going to get paid, huh?  Anybody got
the numbers?
Jeff

Lawrence Becker wrote:
>The way it has been explained to me is that since Gibson bought Baldwin's
>"assets" from GE Credit, rather than buying an ongoing company outright,
>they can disavow responsibility for debts, warranties, etc.  They have been
>authorizing 'some' warranty work.  But I would definitely get authorization
>before assuming any work was covered.
>
>---------------------------------
>Lawrence Becker, RPT
>Piano Technician
>College-Conservatory of Music
>University of Cincinnati
>Former Baldwin Factory Worker
>Former Baldwin Cincinnati Retail Service Co-ordinator
>Presently in Mourning
>----------------------------------