Fred and the list, I'm sure you're already aware, but I found today that splicing harpsichord wire works much better with a square knot than with what we usually use, a tuner's knot, in steel wire. Allan Allan L. Gilreath, RPT Berry College - Rome, GA -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Fred Sturm Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:34 PM To: dm.porritt@verizon.net; College and University Technicians Subject: RE: Speaking of Harpsichords Yep, a harpsichord can go as sharp or flat as 100 cents with humidity swings. Which can be disconcerting as well as string-breaking. BTW, no need for much of a pitch overshoot when raising or lowering pitch. There's only a very minor amount of settling. I have a single manual without transposing keyboard that I rent out. Had someone who wanted 415 recently. I ran through it twice the day before - 1st time fast to 415, then a clean up (probably in the range of 5 cents lowering again). Then tuned after delivery, and it was just a normal fine tune. A couple strings did break when I raised it again. Oh, well! But other than that, the raise went about the same as the lower. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico --On Thursday, December 4, 2003 11:04 AM -0600 "David M. Porritt" <dm.porritt@verizon.net> wrote: > Keith: > > All 3 of our harpsichords here have that "feature". It's just an easy > way to put the harpsichord at the historical tuning of 415 without making > any real changes. The main thing to make sure you are tuning it to the > right pitch for the way the keyboard is set. > > A while ago I almost got caught in that the Harpsi was very sharp (+/- > 450) but the keyboard was in the lower position. Fortunately I checked > before I started bringing it up to 440 in the shifted position. That > would have broken a few strings! > > dave > > > __________________________________________ > David M. Porritt, RPT > Meadows School of the Arts > Southern Methodist University > Dallas, TX 75275 > > > ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> > From: Keith McGavern <kam544@gbronline.com> > To: <caut@ptg.org> > Received: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:37:11 -0600 > Subject: Speaking of Harpsichords > >> Hello group, > >> I just tuned a 3 choir, 2 manual harpsichord that also has a keyboard >> that can be manually shifted from left to right and vice versa, a >> transposing feature I guess. Yes/No? > >> Anyhow, before I knew this shifting feature existed and that it was >> already in its shifted mode, I was quite perplexed to figure out why >> none of the notes I played did not line up with the tuning pins I >> wanted to tune. > >> The tuning would have been a disaster if I hadn't found out in time. > >> For those unaware as I was, hopefully this little email will be of >> some help to you in the future. For those of you who already know, I >> see you smiling. > >> Best, > >> Keith McGavern, RPT >> Oklahoma Baptist University >> http://www.okbu.edu/ >> St. Gregory's University >> http://www.stgregorys.edu/ >> Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA > > > >> _______________________________________________ >> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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