FWIW... Conrad Hoffsommer From: choffsommer at hotmail.com To: caut at ptg.org Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:30:49 -0500 Subject: Re: [CAUT] Harpsichord popping strings I have the Tyre stringing schedules for his "Ahaus Ruckers" , A=415 and A=440, if that would help. It's probably from about the same era. Is is Tyre and Goudswaard(sp?)? Conrad Hoffsommer To: caut at ptg.org From: pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:21:58 -0500 Subject: Re: [CAUT] Harpsichord popping strings 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101011/83fe6a11/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: tyre stringing.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 18304 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101011/83fe6a11/attachment-0001.pdf>
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