Voicing Baldwin L

[Jon Page]

This sounds like a typical Baldwin.

Have your technician request the list's input
if there if difficulty in voicing.  

rec.music.makers.pianos
newsgroup is where this question belongs
so other piano owners can benefit from any input.

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 12:37 PM 10/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Sorry for this intrusion from the world of unintiated philistines, but I
>would appreciate some qualified help/advice:
>so bright and nasal that it's utterly unbearable. Sounds like hammers are
>wood and strings are tin!
>
>A recent tuning and a superficial brushing of the hammers have not improved
>it. In fact it's only got worse. . . Now it sounds both too bright and
>fuzzy all at once.
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>My preferred sound is round, warm, mellow, and soft, but with clear attack
>and good sustain. I'll soon be hiring a local tech to try to bring it down,
>and my question is directed at technicians who've had experience with
>Baldwin Ls of that vintage (and their hammers):
>
>Does this instrument's scale design and hammers have the kind of tonal
>potential to produce the sound I want?
>
>I practice quite a bit this time of the year, and I'm probably quite the
>hammer packer. . . It would be nice to get some feedback before I start
>investing the hundreds of dollars it will likely take to have it properly
>voiced.
>
>Many Thanks!
>George Gilliland
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