>Subject: Re: Harpsichord info appreciated >These are very old and have been beat up as would be expected in a university environment. The last >real overhaul was about fourteen years ago, I am told. There is even talk about possibly trading both of >them in for one nicer one, who knows. At any rate these have those awful oblong tuning pins that >require a Handle. --->At the very least I am going to have those replaced with square pins.<--- I would advise against that because: 1. I'm lazy and it's much easer to obtain a tuning wrench and learn to tune them, than it would be to drill out all those holes and restring. 2. Harpsichords with those tapered tuning pins with oval/flat heads never have a problem with loose pins. Our calling the tuning device a tuning hammer is vestigial from when many instruments had those tapered pins. The handle would be turned to tap any loose pin into the wrestplank. -no C/A glue or pintite needed. Try finding oversize zither pins... 3. Helpful hands with zither tuners are not likely to mess up your tuning. Conradwholiveswiththemallthetime Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu Luther College (319)-387-1204 Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 "There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself." - J. S. Bach
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