[CAUT] Harpsichord popping strings

[Paul T Williams]

A Tyre from about 1978.

PW




From:
"Porritt, David" <dporritt at mail.smu.edu>
To:
"caut at ptg.org" <caut at ptg.org>
Date:
10/11/2010 12:41 PM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] Harpsichord popping strings



What brand??  Martin harpsichords are pretty high tension devices and if 
they go sharp in higher humidity they’ll break strings. 
 
dp
 
David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu
 
 
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul 
T Williams
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 12:22 PM
To: CAUTlist
Subject: [CAUT] Harpsichord popping strings
 
H Cauters, 

One of our harpsichords pops strings all by itself!  I have to replace 
strings all the time and it's rarely played. I used to think it was 
excessive humidity in this sub-basement room, but now again, 3 more 
strings have popped in the last week or so and the humidity is very low. 
Our other two harpsichords almost never break strings and also hold their 
tune much better than this one, and played about equally. 

What's going on with it?  Any ideas? 

Thanks 
Paul 


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