Joel, This is a Challis. It has a variety of plectra including what looks like leather. The leather plectra is a little more "high maintenance" then the rest of the instrument. Andrew On Dec 1, 2009, at 9:44 PM, joel a. jones wrote: > Andrew, > > Do remember if the harpsichord was a Challis or Rutkowski ? UW- > Madison had one that we > tuned every couple of years. Sound wasn't too bad considering that > the plectra were leather. > > Then the early music faculty needed a transposing harpsichord, so > started another war story. > In the meantime the replacements have been rebuild and replaced > while the Challis rested in > the practice room. > > I think they sold it finally. But the experience with metal does > raise the question of this type > of construction for durability and stability. I think I remember > someone with a project to make > a similar harpsichord for a yacht being built in Sturgeon Bay. > > Anyone know more info about the rumor of Dr. Kent building a piano > with metal soundboard > and corfam hammers? Urban legend ? Or not? > > Joel > > Joel Jones, RPT > Madison, WI > > > On Dec 1, 2009, at 7:21 PM, Andrew Anderson wrote: > >> I've tuned a harpsichord with a metal bridge and soundboard. >> Amazingly close to tune six months later too... I wonder why ;-) >> >> I actually liked the sound. Some odd plectra material though... >> >> Andrew Anderson >> On Dec 1, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Scott Gray wrote: >> >>> >>> Has anyone ever tried to design a bridge made our of metal? I >>> know it would sound different but at least it wouldn't crack. >>> >>> Scotty >> > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091202/29276952/attachment.htm>
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