A good report

[Robert Moffatt]

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>From my experience with Baldwins, they border on "quite" good to "ugly". =
There are qualities in them to be outstanding - but - it takes an =
experienced tech to bring those qualities out. Sounds like the tech / =
techs at Tangelwood really know their job.

Bob

Moffatt & Sons Piano Service
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T3E 5G4
(403) 243-0385
moffattr@cadvision.com


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From: "jolly roger" <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 10:56 PM
Subject: Fwd: A good report


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> WE are not dead yet Rob, and I think the Author has some credibility.
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> Regards Roger
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> >Such a sad thing for a nobel name in the piano business.  I just
> experienced a
> >bit of irony in the fact that I just a few minutes ago returned from =
a day at
> >Tanglewood.  As usual, there was a Baldwin piano in almost every =
space big
> >enough to hold a piano.  The practice sheds had consoles and the =
classrooms=20
> >had
> >Hamiltons.  The small playing spaces had R's and L's and the larger =
playing
> >spaces had 7 and 9 footers.  I can only say that despite an effort to =
find a
> >bad piano, I couldn't!   The small R grand that I played in one of =
the
> houses,
> >I would be proud to own!  The seven footer in the chamber music shed =
was to=20
> >die
> >for, and even the consoles in the practice sheds were even, well =
voiced and
> >very playable.  While I am sure that the tech staff at Tanglewood =
must be
> very
> >good, it also says that Baldwin is capable of building a very nice =
and even
> >beaurtiful instrument. In 1997 when I was piano shopping, the =
Baldwins I
> tried
> >were inconsistant, sloppy, and some bordered on sounding UGLY.  These =
pianos=20
> >at
> >Tanglewood were worthy of having caring owners who appreciate them.
> >
> >Let's hope that the company can pull it together and lets hope that =
there is
> >some hope for American piano manufacture in the popular price ranges.
> >Irwin Goldberg....pianist, conductor.
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