Congrats there Dale !! Lets have a picture. I am going over to the UiB today to take a couple shots of the interiour of that Broadwood square with our brand new Digital Camera. (Christmas is neat for that kind of thing:) ) RicB Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote: > > List > Tomorrow I'm delivering a 1920 pre-model R Baldwin. It's 5 > ft. 8 " I just thought some would enjoy a thought or two on this. This > is the first Baldwin I've had the opportunity to do a complete > restoration on including new belly and all. Although I'm not a big > Baldwin fan I am very pleased with the way this piano came out. > Tonally it's very strong, and dark sounding with excellent sustain > characteristics. Very even scale note to note& no weak spots or notes. > This board had/has eleven ribs compared to a modern Rs 10 heavier > built ribs. The original ribbing was really to light especially in the > bottom end. Like 15/16 mm deep on the first 3 or ribs. I beefed them > up. I use tight sugar pine thru out on a Sitka panel. > I was shocked to think that Baldwin Designers had any idea that ribs > that thin would retain any kind of real crown for more than two weeks. > > Also this is the first delignit block I used and I'm so impressed > I just ordered another at less than half the price of a new Bolduc > block. A very uniform fit and smooth tuning block. > The original board was half falling out and the "rebuilt" action > played like the proverbial truck. This was tolerated by a very nice > Lady who teaches piano on it for more than twenty years. Tomorrow she > has a big surprise coming. > Regards Dale -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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