Speaking of Harpsichords

[David M. Porritt]

Keith:

All 3 of our harpsichords here have that "feature".  It's just an easy way to put the harpsichord at the historical tuning of 415 without making any real changes.  The main thing to make sure you are tuning it to the right pitch for the way the keyboard is set.  

A while ago I almost got caught in that the Harpsi was very sharp (+/- 450) but the keyboard was in the lower position.  Fortunately I checked before I started bringing it up to 440 in the shifted position.  That would have broken a few strings!

dave


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David M. Porritt, RPT
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275


----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: Keith McGavern <kam544@gbronline.com>
To: <caut@ptg.org>
Received: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 11:37:11 -0600
Subject: Speaking of Harpsichords

>Hello group,

>I just tuned a 3 choir, 2 manual harpsichord that also has a keyboard 
>that can be manually shifted from left to right and vice versa, a 
>transposing feature I guess. Yes/No?

>Anyhow, before I knew this shifting feature existed and that it was 
>already in its shifted mode, I was quite perplexed to figure out why 
>none of the notes I played did not line up with the tuning pins I 
>wanted to tune.

>The tuning would have been a disaster if I hadn't found out in time.

>For those unaware as I was, hopefully this little email will be of 
>some help to you in the future. For those of you who already know, I 
>see you smiling.

>Best,

>Keith McGavern, RPT
>Oklahoma Baptist University
>http://www.okbu.edu/
>St. Gregory's University
>http://www.stgregorys.edu/
>Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA



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