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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>you could try <A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carl Meyer Assoc. PTG<BR>Santa =
Clara,
California<BR><A href="mailto:cmpiano@attbi.com">cmpiano@attbi.com</A> =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=MBrat70179@AOL.COM
href="mailto:MBrat70179@AOL.COM">MBrat70179@AOL.COM</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 17, 2001 =
8:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Where do I get Baldwin =
strings?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hi =
list,<BR><BR>I can
no longer depend on Baldwin for getting parts, and I have a customer =
waiting
on bass strings for a Baldwin 248. The newer 48" model. =
The
replacement strings are the totally wrong strings. I have no =
idea what
these folks are doing at Baldwin. I have removed the old strings =
and
when the new ones were the wrong size I figured the customer could =
wait for
the correct ones. That was a month ago. <BR><BR>I know =
there are
changes they are making with the new ownership, but come on. =
Let's see
some improvement. I rarely get a call back when I leave a =
message.
<BR><BR>So, enough ranting. I know this list is famous for
ranting. Where do I go to get more strings. I do have the =
original
strings, but they are the wrong size, hence that's why they are being
replaced. I figured it was odd to have the copper wrappings =
extending a
half inch above the "V" bar. Honestly, how did that make it out =
of the
factory?<BR><BR>I have no numbers for Mapes or any other =
manufacturer. I
didn't figure any of them would have scale sticks for this model any
way. Who do I turn to. My customer has waited long
enough.<BR><BR>Mike Bratcher <BR><A
href="MBrat70179@aol.com">MBrat70179@aol.com</A></FONT>
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