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  • 1.  Baldwin Concertmaster Player unit

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 05-06-2022 22:17
    Anyone familiar with this player unit? 

    Today I had to put one back together after a long distance move. All was successful except that I don't know precisely what cables go where. This is an older unit from 1998 with 3.5" disk as well as a CD unit. It has speakers, etc. Photos show back of control unit. Any help would be appreciated. 

    Peter Grey Piano Doctor

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  • 2.  RE: Baldwin Concertmaster Player unit

    Posted 05-07-2022 01:47
    It is QRS. You can get cable diagram on their website. Named differently , Concertmaster only for Baldwin.

    Alexander Brusilovsky




  • 3.  RE: Baldwin Concertmaster Player unit

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 05-07-2022 14:48
    Thank you! 

    Peter Grey Piano Doctor

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  • 4.  RE: Baldwin Concertmaster Player unit

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 05-08-2022 08:30
    The Concertmaster was a QRS system with a Baldwin control head. I believe that QRS bought up Baldwin’s inventory and renamed them. The QRS version was called the Serenade Pro. There was also a Concertmaster CD unit, which only played CD’s, that QRS called the Serenade.

    As far as connections go, the audio outputs aren’t really stereo. The CD has the player info on one channel and audio on the other. So you just have to find the output RCA jacks for the speakers. If there is a Gulbransen KS1B unit, that gets plugged into the midi in port. It maybe labeled “record”, I forget.

    Roy




  • 5.  RE: Baldwin Concertmaster Player unit

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 05-11-2022 17:15
    I downloaded the manual off of the internet, browsed through it quickly, checked the diagrams, fixed my errors, and voila...it works!

    Only existing problem is that the CD unit does not seem to work, but that's beyond my capabilities or desires. The 3.5" disk drive works fine. Yes, it has speakers and a separate driver unit for those. 

    Now, if I can actually fit a humidity control system in there...I think I can...I think I can...

    Peter Grey Piano Doctor

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    Peter Grey
    Stratham NH
    603-686-2395
    pianodoctor57@gmail.com
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