odd baldwin piano

[Kenneth Jankura]

I started tuning yesterday at a church with 5 or 6 pianos.

As I was talking to the music director, he kept referring to one of  
the pianos as a "faux" piano. I was curious, and I looked at it very  
briefly.

It's a black Baldwin grand, maybe 5' long or so.  I didn't get the  
serial #. It had an "SA" on the plate near the bass bridge,

but I don't think that's any model designation.

It has no fallboard, and a fixed music desk, that is, it's screwed in  
to the case with brass brackets on the side.

The legs are tapered and conical, and remind me of coffee tables from  
the sixties.

It hasn't been tuned in a while, and didn't sound all that bad.

I told him Baldwin obviously saved some manufacturing cost on the  
fallboard and the music desk,

and until I tune it and look at the action, I won't know if other  
more important cost cutting steps were taken.

Does anyone know what this piano is? Any warnings or advice?

Ken Jankura RPT
Newville, PA