Harpsichord

[David Ilvedson]

Ed,

You idiot...you use your fingers of course, unless of course it has one
stuck in a hole somewhere on the instrument.  I can't tell you where at this
time...I'll get back to you...;-]

D.I.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of Ed Carwithen
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 9:26 PM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Harpsichord
>
>
> OK guys and gals:
>
>   Please don't laugh, or remind me of how incompetent I am for
> asking but....
>
>   How do I tune a harpsichord?  I just got asked to tune for a university
> chamber series.  Would love to worm my way into the music department as
> their piano technician, especially because they have just replaced all the
> old beaters with new pianos.
>
>   I don't have the proper tool (isn't it called a key?), so will have to
> get one.  What will go wrong?  Do I use ET or one of the HT's?  A=440???
> What happens when a string breaks (I understand that is a concern with
> harpsichords)?
>
>   Am I an idiot for thinking that tuning pianos prepares me for tuning a
> harpsichord?
>
>
> Ed Carwithen
> John Day, OR
>
>