Harpsichord Tuning Info.

[Barbara Richmond]

I'm in there and understand Anne's point.  But some of us have to provide
service because there is no one else around.  As I was putting one church's
harpsichord in playing order for a Messiah performance, I was told that a
local university sold their harpsichord because their piano technician(s)
refused to service it.  They use an electonic keyboard, instead.  I could
hardly
believe my ears--first, that a techncian would be unwilling to provide
necessary service to an institution (I mean, really, it's part of the job)
and
second, that the university would would be bullied so.

If I could find some room in my house and clone myself so I'd have time to
do the work, I'd like to find one of those unfinished or repairable Z boxes
out there that someone would like to unload (for free, of course).

Barbara Richmond, RPT
near Peoria, Illinois

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: Harpsichord Tuning Info.


> Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:
>> Richard Brekne wrote:
>>> I'm curious.
>>>
>>> How many of you who dabble a bit in Harpsichord / Cembalo work do any
>>> voicing or regulation work  on them ?
>>>
>>> RicB
>>
>>
>> Well, I dabble a bit.  In fact, the clavecin is one of the items on my
>> resume which got me this college job.  Orgel didn't hurt, either.
>
>
> Just came back from doing the first pass on one of the doubles (Z-French
> double), here. Hadn't been tuned since May.
>
> Typical for that interval over a wet summer (and still wet fall).
> - One string in bottom octave of 4' broken.
> - 8' A4 @ 456Hz
> - 8' A5 @ 460Hz
> - 8' A6 @ 470Hz(highest I could measure on my Korg)
> - 4' A6 @ +125¢
>
>
>
> Back to plinking...
> -- 
> Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician
> Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
> 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
>
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