Court, No I have not checked Fine's book - I have never purchased it, but it probably would be a good reference to have. I know the dealer I do organ service for has it to keep up with all pianos. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: Court Stewart To: Ken & Pat Gerler ; pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] D H Baldwin Manufacturer Well, that should clear it up! :) Sorry, Ken, I wrote that at 3:00am last night/this morning and looking back over my comment, it's kind of ambiguous. I worked for Baldwin's Atlanta showroom in the late 90's, but they were only selling Wurlitzers at that time (no DH's). They had 3 models: a C-143, -153 and -173. At least, I think the letter was "C". I'm pretty sure about the numbers, tho! These were Samicks and I was under the impression that the switch from Young Chang had happened just a year or two before I started there. Dean and Paul have given me second thoughts on this. I just wrote to a friend who did sales there for many years -- I think he'll have a more definitive answer as to the timeline. Have you checked Fine's books? Mine aren't up-to-date. -Court Stewart On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Ken & Pat Gerler <kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net> wrote: I should have added the serial number - 57548 which would make it around 1990 if in one of the Young Chang factories - Inchon. It would make sense to me that companies would not have "parallel" serial numbering systems for separate named products in a factory. Samick was using 2 or 3 alpha characters in their serial numbering system at that time. The PianoDisc system serial number (W05960050) makes the manufacture date prior to 1996. Ken Gerler ----- Original Message ----- From: Dean May To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 5:37 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] D H Baldwin Manufacturer I’m pretty sure it is a Samick. I sold against them when I was selling Young Chang product. Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ken & Pat Gerler Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:41 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] D H Baldwin Manufacturer Hello all, I service a C-172 DH Baldwin 5' 8" Grand today (with a PianoDisc system installed). I looked all over to see where it was manufactured but I did not find any kind of marking. I suspect it was built by Young Chang for Baldwin??? Anyone know? Thanks, Ken Gerler -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090924/13443ae9/attachment.htm>
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