<HEAD> <STYLE>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=compText>  Tom Driscoll wrote: .......The parts are stained a deep blue-black. That way the salesperson can point out the difference-advantage of its "Stealth" qualities.  Joking aside, a dealer friend of mine has taken on the "new" Baldwin line with some from China, some from here. I know Baldwin has taken some well deserved collective lumps from our club but I hope they can keep the U.S. plant going.  I'm sorry to report that to this date the Chinese verticals are easier to prep and play and sound better than the U.S. counterparts. Keep you posted as the U.S. made grands are on the way. I'm wondering why they still need 5000 inch pounds of torque on the tuning <A href="mailto:pins!!@@#$">pins!!@@#$</A>#!!!, like some Baldwins of yesteryear.  Had a DH Baldwin yesterday - hardest thing my tuning arm has endured in a while (glad it was the last one of the day, but my shoulder still hurts this morning).   Coulda used a breaker bar on it, and still would have struggled.  These are made at Trumann, Ark. plant, 43.5" console.  Seemed put together fairly well for an entry level piano, but they have a very nasally tinny Kimbally sound (worse than any Hamilton some listees have complained about in the past; can you say "Schoenhut"?).  Diane H's earplugs helped me get through that part of it, but I'd need a bionic arm to tune those on a regular basis.   Not something I'd recommend, at $3700 retail (Piano Book Supplement, Larry Fine), but neat to see those different colors on the plate and action anyway. Chuck Christus</BODY>