<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> </head> <body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> <div>Pain in the butt, but good money, Wim!  Just sell new hammer sets!  Everybody wins! I think this was about the era when Baldwin was slipping in good pianos and putting out not so good pianos!  Kind of like how Aeolean ran a lot of good old brands into the ground!</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>Paul</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"> <div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Piano Boutique <<a href="mailto:pianoboutique@comcast.net">pianoboutique@comcast.net</a>><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>"<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Monday, September 10, 2012 3:10 PM<br> <span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> <span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [pianotech] Baldwin hammers<br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18702"> <style></style> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">Wim,</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">I have had more Baldwin hammers come loose than any other brand:  money in the bank.</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial">William</font></div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div> <blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><b>From:</b><a title="tnrwim@aol.com" href="mailto:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@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> Saturday, September 08, 2012 10:24 PM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [pianotech] Baldwin hammers</div> <div><br> </div> <font color="black" size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <div><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">T</font>his is a picture of Baldwin hammers, with the felt coming loose from the molding. Since I've been here, I've replaced about dozen sets, and glued the felt back on about 3 or 4 dozen pianos. The thing is, I don't think I ever saw this when I was in St. Louis or in Alabama, but then I didn't service that many Baldwins back then. </div> <div> </div> <div>The question I have is, i<font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">s it just happening in Hawaii because of the climate, or is this happening all over the country because Baldwin hammers were not glued properly at the factory, and without staples, and they are just now starting to come loose after 10 - 15 years?</font></div> <div> </div> <div>Wim </div> <div></div> <div style="CLEAR: both"> <div> </div> </div> <br> </font></blockquote> <font color="black" size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"></font></div> </div> </span> </body> </html>