Fortepiano Wire (was Re: Brass wire)

Jeff Tanner jtanner@mozart.sc.edu
Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:36:40 -0500


Avery wrote:
>Jeff,
>
>I'm no HT pro, by any means, but a couple of thoughts come to mind. First,
>wouldn't you be able to get a stringing scale from the manufacturer? We
>have that for both of our harpsichords.


Yes, I'm sure.  I'd thought of that, but didn't mention it in my post.  We
may even have that here somewhere.  Our historical keyboard faculty member
has all that stuff somewhere, and I suppose I need to ask him about it.

>
>Second, how about micing the part of the string that's coiled around the
>tuning pin? There wouldn't be much, if any, stretching there, I would think.
>Just some thoughts.

Good idea.  I'll check that (if I didn't throw it away!).
Thanks!
Jeff




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