John: Tune all the registers the same (well, except for the 4' if it has one, which will be tuned an octave higher). If it has the keyboard set up to do modern pitch and low pitch, be sure the keyboard is set for the high pitch. If it is in low-pitch position and you tune it to 440 you'll undoubtedly break a few strings. Other than that, it's a pretty straight forward job. dave ____________________ David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu _____ From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of John Ross Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 10:02 AM To: pianotech Subject: Harpsichord Tuning I have been asked to tune a double manual harpsichord to A440, Valloti Temperament. It is in my ETD, so the temperament should be ok. I have only tuned a single manual, and that was for a friend, 20 years ago. They are stuck, and can't find anyone else. What is involved in doing a double manual? I know in an accordion, the different blocks are tuned slightly off the others, by so many cents. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20071017/1357352a/attachment.html
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