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Tom,<br><br>
No correction needed. Glad to hear more about what
happened with some of these pianos, from the marketing standpoint. What I
was referring to was the ozone treatment that was used on quite a few
units. What I heard, as a dealer back then, was that the fire affected a
couple of areas, including a storage area (with wrapped units) and
others. There was an ozone treatment performed on a bunch of pianos, and
several were shipped out. I had a couple, myself, which I promptly
returned do to discoloration of the strings and other problems, caused by
the treatment.<br>
My two remaining brain cells haven't retained any other details form this
incident, but further (including very recent) research has convinced me
that blasting with ozone, although effective, is not a good idea. The
operation was a success, but the patient died, kinda thing. For mold,
there are other effective measures. <br><br>
Thanks again, Tom,<br>
Guy<br><br>
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At 11:33 PM 11/9/2005 -0500, you wrote:<br>
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<dd>Subject:</b> Re: Fwd: Re: Ozone generator questions for piano
repair.<br><br>
<dd>Gordon,
<dd> You may want to check with a couple of FBGs (former
Baldwin guys) about subjecting pianos to ozone generators. There's a heck
of a story there, from about 12 years ago, with the end result being the
loss of about 600 verts. <br><br>
<dd>Ozone is NOT recommended.<br><br>
<dd>Guy Nichols<br><br>
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<dd>Guy,</font><font face="arial" size=2>
<dd> Actually, the end result was a bit more complex
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<dd> I'm happy to be corrected but from reliable
sources this is the story as told to
me.</font><font face="arial" size=2>
<dd> Baldwin placed an insurance claim on the pianos in
question and received compensation as was their
right.</font><font face="arial" size=2>
<dd> Then the insurance company took possesion
and dumped the piano's to a local salvage -discount store chain in
the Massachusetts area called "Building
19"</font><font face="arial" size=2>
<dd> They were marketed as salvage piano's from a
"Famous" maker,and sold essentially "as is" @ a
big discount.</font><font face="arial" size=2>
<dd> The stickers inside were removed and covers
were glued over the name plates but it soon became no secret that these
were Baldwins and they flew out of the
stores.</font><font face="arial" size=2>
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<dd> End result was a merchandising nightmare for the
local Baldwin dealer (Baldwin of Boston I believe) Why buy from them when
the same piano 5 miles away was half price at Building
19?</font><font face="arial" size=2>
<dd> Perhaps other factors were also at hand , but this
genius move by Baldwin did not endear the company to the dealers' heart
and before long they closed the
doors.</font><font face="arial" size=2>
<dd> I was told that the pianos were wrapped when this
accident happened and from the few I service they seem no better?
or worse that any other Baldwin from the same
era.</font><font face="arial" size=2>
<dd> Again ,this is the story I heard from more than
one source -.</font><font face="arial" size=2>
<dd> Tom Driscoll RPT.</font>
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