David, How do you know it's really a Baldwin? That scale is not so unusual and I ran into a fake (cheap piano painted over with a Baldwin decal) not so long ago. Was sold to my client by a reseller in Marin some 20 years ago. Is the Baldwin name actually cast into the plate? Paul Larudee David Ilvedson wrote: > Alright, I've got a question. Baldwin grand, about 5' 7" (didn't actually measure), poorly "restored", plate serial and model numbers covered when refinished. Fallboard folds into itself ala old Chickerings, which I thought was unusual for a Baldwin, front of keyframe has 4 numbers embossed...9507. Pierce says between 1895 and 1900? I couldn't find any other #. I brought this piano up from -40 and everything was fine except the 6 tenor wound strings were 2 whole steps flat. I brought up the first and bang. I tried another and bang. Decided to replace all six strings. The windings didn't look particularly well lined up so I'm not sure I want to use them as samples. Why would they break? I called Baldwin and with the info I gave: 10 single string unisons, 16 double string unisons in the bass & 3 double string unisons in the tenor, the technician said it matched the R scale. I went ahead and ordered tenor duplicates as per that scale. Is this a waste of time? I cou! > ld go back and measure from hitch pin to winding etc. but that means an extra trip.... > > David I. > > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > > On 2/28/01 at 11:56 AM Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: > > >At 07:41 02/28/2001 -0800, you wrote: > >>Mic the strings before you destring next time... > >> > >>David I. > > > > > > > >Easy on him, Dave, he's just had a learning experience. > > > >Oh, for the days of learning experiences instead of senior moments... > > > >The rescaling idea isn't a bad one though. I redid a 6'4" Chickering > >once, > >dutifully measured the scale, and ran those numbers through a rescaling > >program. WOW! It was horrible! > > > >I worked out a new scale. Then, upon cleaning the plate, I uncovered the > >factory numbers. Nowhere close to how I had found it strung. Hmmmm. > > > >Don't trust what you find with your micrometer to be what you need. > > > > > > > >Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu > >Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 > >Voice-(319)-387-1204 // Fax (319)-387-1076(Dept.office) > > > >Education is the best defense against the media.
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