Baldwin 243's

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: November 02, 2003 4:12 AM
Subject: Re: Baldwin 243's


> At 01:49 11/02/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> >How long have the 243s / Hamiltons been made?  I've played one or two
> >which I thought were nice sounding pianos.  Were they made (Hamiltons,
> >not specific ones I played - I don't have the serial #) as early as,
say,
> >the 1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s, ?
>
> >   Stephen Airy
>
> Since the early '60s for the 243 - 743 scale, prior to that there was the
> 242 - can't remember offhand the scale number, but there are no wound
> unisons on the long bridge on the 242.
>
> before that, there was the "Hamilton" studio (since the '30s?)
>
> Conrad Hoffsommer


I redesigned the piano in the mid-1986. It went from the 743/4 version to
the 743/5. I don't know when it all started.

Del