It transposes to 415 and tuned to 440. So, me thinks it is supposed to be at this higher tension... Paul From: Fred Sturm <fssturm at unm.edu> To: College & University Technicians <caut at ptg.org> Date: 01/04/2011 05:17 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] scaling a Tyre harpsichord? On Jan 4, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Ed Sutton wrote: For a start, measure the lengths of the Cs on the Tyre, and compare them to the other instruments. This might provide an important insight! One of which might be whether the instrument is scaled for 415 or 440. I would bet on 415 for Tyre. Is it being used at 440? Is the keyboard transposing? Regards, Fred Sturm fssturm at unm.edu http://www.createculture.org/profile/FredSturm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110104/78fecd9d/attachment.htm>
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