While I can't give you a good source of harpsichord wire, something R= ichard said about trying to keep the string from breaking stuck me. Putting smaller wire won't lower the breaking point percentage of the wire. = It is the speaking length of the wire that is the major determination for Percentage of breaking point. If you put a larger wire it is stronge= r but it weighs more and you have to get it at a higher tension to get it t= o pitch. Thus the BP% remains the same. I have always thought that a = small amount was to be gained by using slightly larger wire to resist impac= t breaks, but that seems less critical on a Harpsichord than on a piano= .. I once found a poorly built spinet that was 1/2 tone flat.(so what e= lse is new?). When I began raising the pitch and got into the treble I bega= n breaking one string after another. I stopped and measured and found = that the speaking length of C88 was 70mm. It should normally be 52mm. I = left the piano below pitch. I ran 70mm through my calculator and found th= at it would have to be at 110% of BP to get to the required pitch. What does this have to do with harpsichord wire? I don't know. Ron Ron Berry ron.berry@thewheel.com ~~~ * VbReader 2.01 #NR * Ok, now for a quick backu=C7A=D1&=FD#^1s=F0
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