Hi. I have been reading the thread abut the new pianos arriving from the factory "unprepped' or "unregulated" is this the norm now? (our church got a new D H Baldwin that was horribly out of adjustment) _I hate that piano_! The dealer made it very clear that they and only they were to "regulate it".....I didn't see much of a difference! It caused some hard feelings in the church, I won't play it. neither will the backup pianist. It is pretty sad when a 90 year old Armstrong upright blows away a new grand in touch and tone! I was under the impression that a church would take along a pianist when they selected a piano, I have selected pianos for several churches in the area not this time........... they paid a little over $10.000 for this thing.......it has a weak tone, no power, the action is stiff as a board and the tone is so weak, the bass easily overwhelms the rest of the scale......I thought Baldwin built great pianos..........or used to. I have a sneaky feeling that it is not a Baldwin....buy maybe came from Korea or somewhere with the Baldwin name...the plate certainly doesn't look like a Baldwin...it's horrible I wonder if the old pianos of the 1920's (players & straight pianos) arrived in unprepped condition? I was reading an old Beckwith "owners manual" that explained how to uncrate your new player piano and use it (ah those were the days!) so I assume that the piano was prepped by the factory and ready to use. any thoughts? Andy
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