New, Improved Baldwins

[jolly roger]

Hi Jon,
           Run some fairly deep saw kerfs every 10" on the underside of the
frame. About half way through the frame.
Roger

At 02:05 PM 1/25/01 -0500, you wrote:
>I've been tending to a 25 year old Baldwin L since it was fairly new.
>
>The keyframe would warp every season. It didn't watter which season I 
>seated the frame.
>It always change with the next season change.  I finally felted the bottom 
>of the keyframe
>(front & back rails and the glides) with thin bushing cloth so it would not 
>knock.
>
>Still, in the summers, the cheek blocks bind and the action stays shifted 
>over, we
>have to keep the blocks slightly loose come summertime.
>
>Jon Page
>
>At 12:04 PM 01/25/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>>I was called out to see a Baldwin R less than 2 years old. The piano was
>>unplayable. The action was in need of thorough regulation, but the _big_
>>problem was that the front rail was bowed up, decreasing the key dip by
>>unworkable amounts. The front rail has adjustable studs in the keybed, but
>>the front rail was flying way above the studs, making for a rather
>>interesting feel while playing. I must admit I wasn't sure what to do; if I
>>raise the studs to bed the front rail, and adjust the height of the keys and
>>the front rail punchings to get correct key dip, won't I just be asking for
>>problems if the front rail decides to change shape again come the high
>>humidity of summer?
>>
>>Any experience out there that could help in this situation?
>>
>>Kent Swafford
>>
>>
>>on 1/25/01 6:59 AM, Pianofxrguy@AOL.COM at Pianofxrguy@AOL.COM wrote:
>>
>> > In a message dated 01/23/2001 11:36:15 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
>> > purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu writes:
>> >
>> >
>> >> .  They were fine when they got here but over the Christmas break the
>> >> regulation went completely out the window
>> >
>> > I have a couple of these grands at a small college in Mishawaka, Ind. 
>> and had
>> > the same thing happen. There is another piano in the same room as one of
>> > them, so I couldn't blame the lack of humidity control alone. Baldwin
Piano
>> > Tech. Serv. did approve a small sum for re-regulating the entire 
>> action, so I
>> > assume that it has happened elsewhere. I haven't been able to
determine if
>> > the problem is materials or what.
>> > John Stroup
>
>Jon Page,   piano technician
>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
>mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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