<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I attended my first PTG Austin chapter meeting last month and Mary Cushing Smith (who currently tunes my piano) was giving a report from the recent Music Merchants show in California. I can't remember the details about Baldwin but I know the group discussed them as if they were at least still semi-alive. Look for an article from Mary in an upcoming PTG journal. It may shed some light on the issue.<DIV> </DIV><DIV>Michelle Smith</DIV><DIV>Student Tuner</DIV><DIV>Bastrop, Texas</DIV><DIV> <DIV><DIV>On Mar 28, 2006, at 6:44 AM, Porritt, David wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"><O:SMARTTAGTYPE namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><DIV class="Section1">Vladan:<O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </O:P>I remember the elegant Baldwin booth in the exhibitor’s area at the 2002 convention in <ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Dallas</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY>. There was the PTG supplied sign, a card table and two folding chairs with two guys. They had no instruments, no literature not even business cards. It was really pretty sad! The impression I get (which could be inaccurate) is that <ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Baldwin</ST1:PLACE> has died but no one has conducted a funeral nor buried them. I just did a search on their web site and didn’t find any <ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Baldwin</ST1:PLACE>dealers. Are there any?<O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </O:P>dp<O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </O:P><DIV>David M. Porritt<O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P><A href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</A><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></DIV><DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "><HR size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"></DIV>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] On Behalf Of V T Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 10:23 PM To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> Subject: Help with <ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Baldwin</ST1:PLACE> parts-Avery<O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P></DIV><O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "> </O:P>It's all very sad; <ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Baldwin</ST1:PLACE> was the one company that managed to design a few great instruments in the last 50 years. Now, it looks like there is not a single new Baldwin grand on display anywhere in Northern California, one of the most affluent markets in the <ST1:COUNTRY-REGION w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE w:st="on">U.S.</ST1:PLACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION> I was just looking at the schedule of PTG classes in <ST1:CITY w:st="on">Rochester</ST1:CITY> - not a single speaker from <ST1:PLACE w:st="on">Baldwin</ST1:PLACE> with anything technical to say. I wonder if there is anyone left at the factory at all. I wish somebody competent came along to to buy them from Gibson. Vladan<O:P style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; "></O:P><PRE style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre; ">James, It's a lost cause! Believe me. Avery At 04:30 PM 3/27/2006, you wrote: >UnbeLIEVable. I've sent irate emails to their technical depart and >to the president, Rocco Melchione, along with numerous phone >messages, with absolutely no response. 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