[CAUT] h'chord regulation question

[Dave Doremus]

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Just to point out that it would be well worth the money to have Don 
do the voicing and regulating on your instrument if he is available, 
he is the best I have ever heard, and I've heard some good ones. 
(Also a damn fine harpsichordist, does Fats Waller and Foggy Mountain 
Breakdown as well as more traditional fare.) Different choirs cannot 
pluck simultaneously or it will be practically unplayable when 
coupled and 4' on. Some folks have advocated 4', front 8' then back 
8', IMHO this is rare, either back 8' , 4', front 8', or 4', back 8', 
front 8' (the two lower manual sets of jacks should pluck first). The 
trick to doing this right is to get the jacks that pluck first at an 
even distance below the strings, in a builders shop we used to do 
this without dampers, setting the plectra right on the bottom side of 
the string and then taking one turn (more or less if necessary, but 
the same on all notes) of the end pins to give clearance. Note also 
that voicing affects stagger, if you change the voicing you need to 
recheck the stagger. Hope this is helpful, if delayed, due to Mardi 
Gras season my email reading is slower than normal.

----Dave


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Dave Doremus, RPT
New Orleans
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On 2/2/05, Wimblees@aol.com said:

>In a message dated 2/2/2005 1:15:41 P.M. Central Standard Time, 
>custos3@comcast.net writes:
>
>Wim,
>
>This is a long shot, but there is a fellow in Salem, Massachusetts 
>who used to work for Bill Dowd when he had his harpsichord shop in 
>South Boston - and did a lot of service and maintenance on Dowd 
>instruments (for all I know - still does...) His name is Don Angle, 
>and here is all the contact information I can find for him:
>
>Donald C. Angle
>
>Israel
>
>Just to let you know I contact Don, and he wrote back that he did 
>not have the part I need. But he remembered the h'chord. Very 
>impressive.
>
>Thanks for the advice.
>
>Wim
>
>PS. Are you going to need my help again with the hands on classes? 
>I'm ready and willing to work.


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