<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2737.800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How mortifying!  All this while I've been maligning a whole genre, ignoring improvements too suble to notice.  I had not noticed that these things were fanning their ribs and morphing their scales as they pulled themselves out of the primordial ooze by their dog-legged bridle wires & synthetic buckskin.    :-)    I always knew evolutionary theory had some flaws!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Otto</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=roger.j@sasktel.net href="mailto:roger.j@sasktel.net">Roger Jolly</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 15, 2004 5:35 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Baldwin 743 question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR>Hi Paul,<BR>                Sorry you are wrong,   243HP is an entirely different scale, Ask Del.  <G>   That model has a fanned rib configuration, plus other subtle improvements.   The 743 scale has parallel ribs two small damper blocks, vs tri damper blocks..  Oh well??????<BR><BR>Regards Roger<BR><BR><BR>At 06:06 PM 4/15/2004, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial color=#000080 size=2>Complete correct term is HP-243.<BR>Paul Kupelian<BR>SUNY Oswego (ret.)<BR> <BR></FONT><FONT face=tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> caut-bounces@ptg.org [<A href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org" eudora="autourl">mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Otto Keyes<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 15, 2004 6:47 PM<BR><B>To:</B> College and University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Baldwin 743 question<BR></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"> <BR></FONT><FONT face=arial size=2>I agree with your last comment Mark.  However, I always thought they were 243's (or perhaps deserving of an even lower numeric designation).  From whence came this 500 point elevation?  For me, these always bore the designation of "Bald-swine".  Only redeeming feature is the lid prop -- but even that gets in the way of tuning.<BR> <BR>Otto<BR></FONT> <DL> <DD><BR>  <DD>Please pardon the abscence of optimism, but I find servicing the 743's, beyond tuning, tends to underwhelm even the most meager expectations.     <BR> <DD><BR>  <DD>Mark Cramer,<BR> <DD>Brandon University<BR> <DD><BR> </DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>