Trivia

[Patrick Greene]

I didn't know the technical name, thanks!
----- Original Message -----
From: Avery Todd <avery@ev1.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: Trivia


> Patrick,
>
> That's the "Baldwin's Escaine stuff" that I mentioned. :-)
>
> Avery
>
> At 06:51 PM 10/10/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >What about that bad cardboard like stuff that Baldwin used on their
hammer
> >butts a few years back?  I remember when I first apprenticed, I replaced
a
> >lot of those.  The company used to pay $50 for a tuner to replace them.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Avery Todd <avery@ev1.net>
> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 5:03 PM
> >Subject: Trivia
> >
> >
> > > List,
> > >
> > > While sitting replacing a set of Yamaha upright butt flanges, with my
mind
> > > wandering :-), it occurred to me that most of the major piano
> >manufacturers
> > > have had at least "one" thing that is indelibly associated with them:
> >Yamaha's
> > > butt flange cords, Steinway's Teflon, Baldwin's Escaine stuff, the
plastic
> > > elbows/flanges thing.
> > >
> > > I was just wondering. Can anyone come up with some others that I'm
sure
> > > most manufacturers would just as soon forget? :-)
> > >
> > > Avery
>