According to Zuckerman, in The Modern Harpsichord (1969), this is a phenolic bushing in an aluminum wrestplank. R & R followed the path of Challis in seeking stability by replacing wood with aluminum.The hole and tuning pin are tapered. Pins were tightened by tapping. If the stuff is cracking, you may have an opportunity to add your creativity. Maybe you can replace the phenolic with wood plugs, or install a wood wrestplank. Ed Sutton ----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. Henry Nicolaides To: College and University Technicians Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 1:42 PM Subject: [CAUT] haprsichord information Hi list, We have a circa 1970 Rutkowski & Robinette. Does anyone know if they are still building and/or any contact information. It has some loose tuning pins that do not appear to be in a wood pin block of any sort. More like some sort of composite material. Some look like tuning pin bushings that are on top of the block surface. They have a tendency to crack when driving the pin in further. A few strings need replacing now and I would suspect restrings would be nice if bringing this once fine instrument back to performance level. We have a new faculty that wants to use it with historical temperaments in performance and also some recording. Thanks, Henry Nicolaides, Piano Technician SIU School of Music 1000 S. Normal Avenue Carbondale, Illinois 62901 email: henryn at siu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rediscover Hotmail®: Get e-mail storage that grows with you. Check it out. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090422/4f8a31ed/attachment.html>
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