I have Margaret's "Harpsichord Repair Guide" and it is excellent. She's in the directory. dave ============================================================ From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu> Date: 2004/05/07 Fri AM 05:29:09 CDT To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Subject: Re: Harpsicord books At 21:06 5/6/2004 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, >I tuned a harpsicord this week for a concert, at one of the colleges I >work for. It has some action problems,which I know nothing about.What are >some good resources for harpsicord action work? >Thanks in advance, >Hazen Bannister Hazen, The "Harpsichord Regulating and Repairing" by Frank Hubbard has been around for years and is an excellent start. If the "Harpsichord Repair Guide" by Margaret Hood is anything like her "Fortepiano Maintenance Handbook", it should be excellent. I doubt that you could go wrong with either. ====> WARNING <===== When word gets out that you work on harpsichords, you'll be surprised who might call you. ;-} An entirely new clientel. I certainly have enjoyed that part of my job here (harpsichord on stage for Marriage of Figaro tonight and tomorrow), but also be warned, they can be every bit as frustrating, and rewarding, as pianos. Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Vox-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076 The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. ---Wm. Shakespeare - Merchant of Venice _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives ============================================================ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC