:) Wish I could help you.. Contact Hubbard Harpsichords in Massachusetts, about getting some wire, and pick up a copy of the Harpsichord Owners Guide, by Edward Kottick. Also Frank Hubbard wrote one too. ( That one can be ordered through Schaff, as I recall..) Nice refrences for you- and the Kottick book has pictures!! :) Michelle stranges@oswego.edu --On Friday, November 1, 2002 5:49 AM -0600 Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@luther.edu> wrote: > > > >>> From: "Stephen Snyder" <shsnyder@sover.net> >>> Reply-To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> >>> To: <caut@ptg.org> >>> Subject: Harpsichord Wire >>> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 20:36:24 -0500 >>> >>> Dear Friends, >>> >>> I service a harpsichord built by Eric Herz in 1969. 2 manuals, 2- 8ft, >>> 1- 16ft and 1 - 4ft. Several strings have broken in the lowest octave >>> in both the 8 ft and 4 ft registers. The wire is not steel - some >>> looks like brass and some looks like copper. >>> 3 questions - 1. Does any one have experience with this type of >>> instrument? 2. What exactly is this wire made of? and >>> 3. Where can I get the wire. Any help would be gratly appreciated. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Steve > > > I've worked on a couple of Herz' in the distant past. As I recall, they > have a combination of iron, brass and phosphor bronze wiring. > > There are a number of sources for such wire, and i can send them > privately, but I think you'd be wise to lurk on the hpschd-l list. > > > no subject line email to: > LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ALBANY.EDU > > TOTAL message: > subscribe hpschd-l > > [no name/.sig file, etc.] > > you'll get further instructions back. > > I've been unsubbed for a while, but there a lot of VERY knowledgable > people on that list. Someone might even have a stringing schedule. > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician > Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 > Voice-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076(Dept.office) > > -The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes. > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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