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  • 1.  Baldwin SD-10

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 20 days ago

    Looking for info on tuning SD-10 front duplexes



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    Parker Leigh RPT
    Winchester VA
    (540) 722-3865
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  • 2.  RE: Baldwin SD-10

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 19 days ago

    Parker,

    Are you actually wanting to tune them or voice them?

    AG



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    Allan Gilreath, RPT
    Registered Piano Technician & President
    Allan Gilreath & Associates, Inc
    Calhoun, GA
    706-602-7667
    allan@allangilreath.com - www.allangilreath.com
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  • 3.  RE: Baldwin SD-10

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 19 days ago

    I am looking for eng data for a 1968 vintage SD-10 as to proper installation and tuning of these bars.



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    Parker Leigh RPT
    Winchester VA
    (540) 722-3865
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  • 4.  RE: Baldwin SD-10

    Posted 19 days ago

    Ron Nossaman once described doing a modification on a Baldwin SD-10 where he shortened the front duplex to about 10 mm, and said it "worked great." In the same thread, the SD-10 he worked on had three bearing points in the top two sections, and that the first short segment in front of the capo was the part that made it work.



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    Garret Traylor
    Trinity NC
    (336) 887-4266
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  • 5.  RE: Baldwin SD-10

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 18 days ago

    Looking to improve tuning in treble area of piano.



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    Parker Leigh RPT
    Winchester VA
    (540) 722-3865
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  • 6.  RE: Baldwin SD-10

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 18 days ago

    We restrung an SF-10 a couple years ago, which had individual duplex pieces that that screw into the plate.

    There are two sizes, I think just chosen so that they are NOT in tune with the speaking length.  For this piano, I epoxied a small pieces of brass 3/8" half round, to shorten the duplex.  I haven't tuned the piano myself, but the reports have been that it is easy to tune.

    The cool thing with that piano was that we didn't have to remove tuning pins or the pin block to get the plate out!  Though, the threaded plate holes can be a bit interesting to work with.  Feel free to message me with any questions.



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    Tom Dowell
    Hulbert Piano
    tom@hulbertpiano.com
    262-221-0792
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  • 7.  RE: Baldwin SD-10

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 17 days ago

    I have been studying the patent of 1966 # 3,477,331.  I believe that improvements can be made in choice of materials.  Stainless steel would

    bring better focus to the partials.



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    Parker Leigh RPT
    Winchester VA
    (540) 722-3865
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