[pianotech] Baldwin upright

[Porritt, David]

In my limited experience with the Baldwin 6000 there has been no ambiguity on the sound of the bass.  Everyone either _loves_ the sound or _hates_ it.  I've never heard anyone say it's "ok".  

dp

David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu



-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 9:35 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Baldwin upright

On 11/25/2010 9:15 AM, Cy Shuster wrote:
> Peek at the back. There may be a small cylindrical brass weight on the
> bass bridge, that gives the bass a loud, edgy sound (I was going to say
> "brassy"...), with good sustain.


Nope. That brass weight ("tone extender") is on the end of the low 
tenor, to help smooth the transition to the bass. The unusual bass sound 
is largely due to the strike point. Most pianos maintain a 8:1+- strike 
ratio through the bottom third (or so) of the scale. The strike ratio of 
the 6000 continues to change through the low tenor and bass, ending at 
something like 6:1.

Ron N