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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks list!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dean May<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 01, 2011 10:38 AM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] Baldwin M<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>I bet a machine shop could make you one pretty cheap if all else fails<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoAutoSig><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:navy'>Dean</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"CAC Leslie";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:AGaramond;color:navy'>Dean W May&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (812) 235-5272 voice and text</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:AGaramond;color:navy'>PianoRebuilders.com&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (888) DEAN-MAY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoAutoSig><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><ns0:City w:insAuthor="Dean May" w:insDate="2011-09-01T10:37:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Dean May" w:endInsDate="2011-09-01T10:37:00Z"><span style='font-family:AGaramond;color:navy'>Terre Haute</span><span class=msoIns><ins cite="mailto:Dean%20May" datetime="2011-09-01T10:37"></ns0:City></ins></span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:AGaramond;color:navy'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><ns0:State w:insAuthor="Dean May" w:insDate="2011-09-01T10:37:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Dean May" w:endInsDate="2011-09-01T10:37:00Z"><span style='font-family:AGaramond;color:navy'>IN</span><span class=msoIns><ins cite="mailto:Dean%20May" datetime="2011-09-01T10:37"></ns0:State></ins></span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:AGaramond;color:navy'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><ns0:PostalCode w:insAuthor="Dean May" w:insDate="2011-09-01T10:37:00Z" w:endInsAuthor="Dean May" w:endInsDate="2011-09-01T10:37:00Z"><span style='font-family:AGaramond;color:navy'>47802&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Give us a LIKE on Facebook! Go to PianoRebuilders.com</span><span class=msoIns><ins cite="mailto:Dean%20May" datetime="2011-09-01T10:37"></ns0:PostalCode></ins></span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gerald Groot<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 01, 2011 8:13 AM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [pianotech] Baldwin M</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi List,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I need a part for a Baldwin M grand that the customer bought in 1998.&nbsp; It's the brass hold down strap thingy that goes in the right hand cheek block.&nbsp; It's not just the brass fitting like you usually see on a real grand piano, but a sort of stupid strap spring that has a bend where the Keyframe locator pin slides under it.&nbsp; Baldwin isn't producing pianos<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>in the US now, and they are now owned by Gibson.&nbsp; Their web site doesn't even have a contact number for Baldwin parts.&nbsp;&nbsp; Any ideas how I can get this part?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Jer Groot RPT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div></body></html>