Fwd: Harpsichord Wire

[stranges@Oswego.EDU]

:)

Wish I could help you..

Contact Hubbard Harpsichords in Massachusetts, about getting some wire, and 
pick up a copy of the Harpsichord Owners Guide, by Edward Kottick. Also 
Frank Hubbard wrote one too. ( That one can be ordered through Schaff, as I 
recall..)
Nice refrences for you- and the Kottick book has pictures!!


:)

Michelle
stranges@oswego.edu

--On Friday, November 1, 2002 5:49 AM -0600 Conrad Hoffsommer 
<hoffsoco@luther.edu> wrote:

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>>> From: "Stephen Snyder" <shsnyder@sover.net>
>>> Reply-To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
>>> To: <caut@ptg.org>
>>> Subject: Harpsichord Wire
>>> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 20:36:24 -0500
>>>
>>> Dear Friends,
>>>
>>> I service a harpsichord built by Eric Herz in 1969.  2 manuals, 2- 8ft,
>>> 1- 16ft and 1 - 4ft.  Several strings have broken in the lowest octave
>>> in  both the 8 ft and 4 ft registers.  The wire is not steel - some
>>> looks  like brass and some looks like copper.
>>>  3 questions - 1. Does any one have experience with this type of
>>> instrument?  2.  What exactly is this wire made of? and
>>> 3.  Where can I get the wire.  Any help would be gratly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Steve
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> I've worked on a couple of Herz' in the distant past.  As I recall, they
> have a combination of iron, brass and phosphor bronze wiring.
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> There are a number of sources for such wire, and i can send them
> privately, but I think you'd be wise to lurk on the hpschd-l list.
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> I've been unsubbed for a while,  but there a lot of VERY knowledgable
> people on that list. Someone might even have a stringing schedule.
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