Baldwin 6000 full size upright

[Roger Jolly]

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Hi Brian'
            The term that Baldwin uses is a tone extender. It adds some
stiffness to the board at the end of the bridge, it fools the last string
in to
behaving like there is tension off to the left. It definitely improves tuning
stability of the last string.
Roger 



At 09:08 PM 02/12/99 -0500, you wrote: 
>
> Hi list,
>  
> I tuned a full size Baldwin upright (about 1 1/2 years old) on my last stop
> today.  It was an interesting piano.  The tuning pins were a little tighter
> than I would have liked to have had to deal with, but it tuned quite
nicely. 
> No problems at the breaks.  No major false string problems, not even in the
> high treble.  The main thing that I noticed was that it had a BIG sound. 
> (It's also a very heavy piano.  There are a lot of small grands that don't
> weigh as much... but that's another story.)  
>  
> Does anyone have any input on that big brass weight through the soundboard
> down at the bass bridge?  The bass has a big, rather throaty sound, almost
> resembling an electronic sound.  I've heard a few rumblings from time to
time
> about the concept of loading the soundboard in the area of the bass bridge,
> perhaps to change impedance?.  But I was hoping that perhaps someone might
> have a more reasoned idea of the science behind this thing.  (Were you
> involved in designing this thing, Del?  If so, I'd be interested in any
> comments you'd like to share.)
>  
> I know I often am critical of some of the best pianos, but I kind of like
> this one.  I know there will likely be a number of people who would not like
> it, and that's ok.
>  
> If anyone has a comment, feel free.
>  
> Best wishes to all,
>  
> Brian Trout
> Quarryville, PA
> <mailto:btrout@desupernet.net>btrout@desupernet.net
>  



Roger Jolly
Saskatoon, Canada.
306-665-0213
Fax 652-0505 
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