harpsichord and piano forte help

[Joel Jones]

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On 9/14/01 7:42 AM, "Wimblees@AOL.COM" <Wimblees@AOL.COM> wrote:

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>> Welcome to the world of University work! :-) Others have answered your
>> harpsichord question so I have just one comment. Make sure your
>> harpsichord isn't one that has TWO      pitch levels in addition to the
>> A-440 position. We have one but at the time we got it, I'd never
>> heard of this. Stupidly, I broke several strings trying to "tune"
>> the thing before I realized this. :-( I try to tune ours every
>> week or two, even when they're not being used for concerts. Or at
>> least, go in and check the pitch levels.
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> Avery=20
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> Yes, one of the h'chords has a slide out cheek block, which allows the ac=
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> to slide over. I made sure it was in place before tuning it. It is a doub=
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> keyboard, with three sets of strings. (I beleive that is the Italian h'ch=
ord.)
> That in itself was difficult to figure out.
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> I tuned both h'chords again yesterday. One string was broken. Here is wha=
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> interesting. The strings on the h'chords have been broken in three differ=
ent
> places. At the tuning pin, at the strike point, and at the hitch pin. But=
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> isn't at the loop. It is at the end of the winding. In those cases I was =
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> to unwind enough of the coil to make a new loop. I can understand a strin=
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> breaking at the pin. But why would a string break at the strike point?
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> Wim=20

Wim,
 Are these strings brass or look like brass?  If so I would check the
composition of the metal.  My experience is with brass looking wire, which
was another metal that was low tension.  I can=B9t remember  but it was call
phorphorous something>   The strings in the low bass area have been
replaced.  However the sound timbre has changed.
    Enjoy harpsichord work !    As Avery points out,  this is part of
University work that isn=B9t in the manual.  How were the harpsichords
maintained before you arrived?   My position is that the harpsichordist and
student players should know how to maintain, tune, and regulate their own
instrument.  Being that the adjustments and tuning change before you  put
your hammer away,  the performers need to be able to do their own
maintenance.  Between regularly scheduled maintenance  -  keep in tune....
Joel
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 Joel A. Jones
Senior Piano Technician
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