<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>The word I got was that Gibson bought the assets of the old Baldwin Co. from the bankruptcy court and that they didn't actually buy the old company.  There's a difference between buying a building and some machines, and buying a company.  I'm not defending their actions, I just think that's the way they did it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 4/15/2003 at 6:34 PM Kevin E. Ramsey wrote:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Roger Jolly, being a Baldwin dealer,,,,,,,,,,wait, I don't think he is any more.........oh, well. He may still be able to answer this better than I. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I don't know, for the life of me, how Gibson can take over a company like Baldwin and not assume the responsibilities of the original company, but apparently they think that they can. I suppose the Courts will have to decide that one, but who wants to step up with half a million dollars to find out?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=PatchWick@aol.com href="mailto:PatchWick@aol.com">PatchWick@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> Tuesday, April 15, 2003 5:48 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Baldwin warantee</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Hey list:<BR><BR>I recently was called to tune a 10 year old Baldwin console. Turns out that the pin block is totally separated from the frame (end to end and top to bottom). The frame posts are all loose at the top as well. The local Baldwin dealer checked with the factory (now owned by Gibson) to see if they would replace/repair this piano under the original warantee. Turns out that not only will they NOT honor this warantee but that the warantees on all the brand new Baldwins on his sales floor were null and void as well. Any thoughts?<BR><BR>Thanks<BR>will wickham</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=2 Arial></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML> <PRE> _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________</PRE>