<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tuned three Baldwin consoles today ... = distinctly different in some ways ... all owned by the U.S. Army ...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Brand new, just delivered. Good = thing I ate my Wheaties be for going to work, what a wrestling match. Found it hard to = pull in many of the plain wire unisons.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Ancient POS PSO Hamilton. Sounds = lousy even when tuned its best. Hammer shanks appear to be made of rubberized wood, very = wiggly despite repinned flanges, etc. Lotta sloppy action parts. = Worn.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. Also old Hamilton. Found it flat in = the bass, sharp in tenor treble, but it tuned up like a dream, unisons just = fell into place, sweet as you please. And the action feels well regulated and = solid, despite no real service for at least a few years.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The #3 had a funny thing. The first 3 = or 4 notes after the treble break had a distinct, bad sound when the hammer struck = them .... as though someone were simultaneously striking a drummers wood = block with a hard mallet. Not much "musical" sound or sustain.  The = hammers have plenty of felt and were recently shaped by yours truly. There = is nothing touching or interfering with the strings. Applied needle to = hammer ... no change at all. Tried attacking the hammer like an OJ crime scene reenactment ... no change.   = ???????</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>