---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Good morning Avery and to All, Many Thanks to you ALL. I truly appreciate your time and help. Avery, could you please explain the adjustable Keyboard procedure? Is it a knee lever or foot pedal that shifts the Keyboard and what is=20 its function? Pitch shift or dampening? Thanks, Aart PS any company recommendations for string purchase for this instrument. On Feb 14, 2006, at 10:59 PM, Avery wrote: > Aart, > > No, your regular tuning hammer will not fit! However, I've done a lot=20= > of harpsichord tunings and have yet to know of one that didn't have a=20= > tuning hammer that came with it. Now, whether it's there or not when=20= > you get there to tune it is another story! :-) I ALWAYS make sure=20 > first! > > There's also two possibilities of tuning pins. One is the one which=20= > is similar to a regular piano tuning pin, except smaller! (Which I=20 > MUCH prefer!) The other is a rectangular type which needs a special=20 > tuning lever. We have one of those at the university and I DON'T like=20= > it! > > Thankfully, our Fortepiano reproduction has the "regular" tuning pin.=20= > Much easier to tune. IMO. > > BTW, make sure you know what pitch level they want (415 or 440). And=20= > what temperament? Is it an "adjustable" keyboard? Do you know how to=20= > shift it, if necessary? > > Tuning a harpsichord "can" be much more complicated than tuning a=20 > "normal" piano! :-) > > Avery > > At 07:51 PM 2/14/2006, you wrote: >> Hello All. >> >> I received a call to tune a Harpsichord (dual manual keyboard=20 >> Sperrhake Passau made in Germany). >> >> My First, will my tuning hammer fit the pins? if not I'll order the=20= >> correct tip or hammer. >> >> Any advice is greatly appreciated and thanks to ALL who responded to=20= >> my post regarding=A0 Bluthner tunings. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Aart >> >> Aart in America Piano Services >> Hoboken, N.J.=A0 07030 >> 201 406 2594 >> aartinamerica@optonline.net= ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1908 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c7/5e/ce/8f/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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