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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>From my experience with Baldwins, =
they border
on "quite" good to "ugly". There are qualities in them to be
outstanding - but - it takes an experienced tech to bring those =
qualities out.
Sounds like the tech / techs at Tangelwood really know their
job.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Moffatt & Sons Piano =
Service<BR>Calgary,
Alberta<BR>Canada T3E 5G4<BR>(403) 243-0385<BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:moffattr@cadvision.com"><FONT
size=2>moffattr@cadvision.com</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=2>From: "jolly roger" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca"><FONT
size=2>baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca</FONT></A><FONT =
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>To: <</FONT><A =
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT
size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 10:56 =
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Subject: Fwd: A good report</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=2>> <BR>> WE are =
not dead
yet Rob, and I think the Author has some credibility.<BR>> <BR>> =
Regards
Roger<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> >Such a sad thing for a nobel name in =
the
piano business. I just<BR>> experienced a<BR>> >bit of =
irony in
the fact that I just a few minutes ago returned from a day at<BR>>
>Tanglewood. As usual, there was a Baldwin piano in almost =
every space
big<BR>> >enough to hold a piano. The practice sheds had =
consoles
and the classrooms <BR>> >had<BR>> >Hamiltons. The =
small
playing spaces had R's and L's and the larger playing<BR>> >spaces =
had 7
and 9 footers. I can only say that despite an effort to find =
a<BR>>
>bad piano, I couldn't! The small R grand that I played =
in one of
the<BR>> houses,<BR>> >I would be proud to own! The seven =
footer
in the chamber music shed was to <BR>> >die<BR>> >for, and =
even the
consoles in the practice sheds were even, well voiced and<BR>> =
>very
playable. While I am sure that the tech staff at Tanglewood must
be<BR>> very<BR>> >good, it also says that Baldwin is capable =
of
building a very nice and even<BR>> >beaurtiful instrument. In 1997 =
when I
was piano shopping, the Baldwins I<BR>> tried<BR>> >were =
inconsistant,
sloppy, and some bordered on sounding UGLY. These pianos <BR>>
>at<BR>> >Tanglewood were worthy of having caring owners who =
appreciate
them.<BR>> ><BR>> >Let's hope that the company can pull it =
together
and lets hope that there is<BR>> >some hope for American piano =
manufacture
in the popular price ranges.<BR>> >Irwin Goldberg....pianist,
conductor.<BR>> > <BR>> <BR>> </FONT></BODY></HTML>