> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On 9/14/01 7:42 AM, "Wimblees@AOL.COM" <Wimblees@AOL.COM> wrote: > In a message dated 9/13/01 8:11:27 PM Central Daylight Time, avery@ev1.ne= t > writes:=20 >=20 >=20 >> Wim,=20 >>=20 >> Welcome to the world of University work! :-) Others have answered your >> harpsichord question so I have just one comment. Make sure your >> harpsichord isn't one that has TWO pitch levels in addition to the >> A-440 position. We have one but at the time we got it, I'd never >> heard of this. Stupidly, I broke several strings trying to "tune" >> the thing before I realized this. :-( I try to tune ours every >> week or two, even when they're not being used for concerts. Or at >> least, go in and check the pitch levels. >>=20 >> Avery=20 >>=20 >>=20 >=20 > Avery=20 >=20 > Yes, one of the h'chords has a slide out cheek block, which allows the ac= tion > to slide over. I made sure it was in place before tuning it. It is a doub= le > keyboard, with three sets of strings. (I beleive that is the Italian h'ch= ord.) > That in itself was difficult to figure out. >=20 > I tuned both h'chords again yesterday. One string was broken. Here is wha= t is > interesting. The strings on the h'chords have been broken in three differ= ent > places. At the tuning pin, at the strike point, and at the hitch pin. But= it > isn't at the loop. It is at the end of the winding. In those cases I was = able > to unwind enough of the coil to make a new loop. I can understand a strin= g > breaking at the pin. But why would a string break at the strike point? >=20 > Wim=20 Wim, Are these strings brass or look like brass? If so I would check the composition of the metal. My experience is with brass looking wire, which was another metal that was low tension. I can=B9t remember but it was call phorphorous something> The strings in the low bass area have been replaced. However the sound timbre has changed. Enjoy harpsichord work ! As Avery points out, this is part of University work that isn=B9t in the manual. How were the harpsichords maintained before you arrived? My position is that the harpsichordist and student players should know how to maintain, tune, and regulate their own instrument. Being that the adjustments and tuning change before you put your hammer away, the performers need to be able to do their own maintenance. Between regularly scheduled maintenance - keep in tune.... Joel --=20 Joel A. Jones Senior Piano Technician 1501 Humanities Building 455 North Park Street Madison, WI 53706 FAX 608 - 262 - 8876 608 - 263 - 1887 http://uwpianos.music.wisc.edu/ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d7/5c/49/c9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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