<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Friends,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 3 questions - 1. Does any one = have experience with this type of instrument?  2.  What exactly is this wire = made of? and </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3.  Where can I get the = wire.  Any help would be gratly appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Steve</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stephen Snyder<BR>Piano = Technician<BR>342 Scotts Lake Road<BR>Salem, NY 12865<BR>518-854-3888</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>e-mail: <A href="mailto:shsnyder@sover.net">shsnyder@sover.net</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>