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<DIV>I had a similar experience as well with a 15-year old Baldwin
Hamilton. It was missing one bridge pin in the treble section =
giving a
real exciting sound. Those were the days of many a Baldwin =
shortfall. I
was doing lots of store work for a major Baldwin dealer in the area and =
prepped
many of these "beauties".</DIV>
<DIV>Anyone else?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Paul T. Williams RPT</DIV>
<DIV><A href="mailto:pno2nr@whidbey.com">pno2nr@whidbey.com</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
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href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 04, =
2006 1:35
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Another =
first</DIV>
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<DIV>Here's one I've never encountered before. I tuned a 20 year old =
Baldwin
spinet this morning, that the had never been tuned before. (Yes it was =
a pitch
raise, but it was only about 20 cents flat). As I was tuning I noticed =
that
Eb5 didn't play right. It not only wobbled back and forth at the =
front, but
was also going to down too far. I assumed a broken mortise, and =
perhaps a
missing punching. When I took the key out, the mortise was OK, but =
guess what?
The front rail pin, and punching was completely missing. I took out =
the keys
for about an octave on both sides, think it might have come out some =
how. But
I think it had been missing ever since the piano left the =
factory. The
owner did say that his brother complained that the note didn't play =
right, but
didn't pay much attention to it. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>This is the first time I have ever encountered something like =
this. It's
no biggie, but I thought it was interesting, non-the-less.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Wim
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" =
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Willem
Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University =
of
Alabama<BR>Tuscaloosa, AL
USA<BR></FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>