odd baldwin piano

[Paul T Williams]

Ken,

We have one just like you describe here at UNL.  Kind of an "art-decco" 
style.  I beleive it is really a Baldwin and was probably made in the 
'50's.  Not too bad of a piano for what it is...

Paul





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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


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