[CAUT] Sperrhake Harpsichord wire

[G Cousins]

Fred,

You are correct my friend. Spool is the wrong word. Coil is more accurate. I keep mine stored in rather large boxes (12x12) to allow the wire to remain in a relaxed state. I learned this from an old builder. Silica bag and rust control too. 

 

As another aside, I use miniature clamps to old the loops on the hitch during stringing to keep the wire from jumping the hitch.
GC 


From: fssturm at unm.edu
To: caut at ptg.org
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:27:31 -0700
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Sperrhake Harpsichord wire



On Dec 4, 2009, at 9:15 AM, G Cousins wrote:
The thinner (finer) the wire the more fragile and even miniscule kinking, bending, moisture induced rust will compromize the integrity of the spool.   

And the "spool" is a very bad idea. A lot of harpsichord wire is sold on far too small diameter spools, which leads to kinking, twisting and a big mess. Dispensing the wire, getting it laid out in the instrument, then the tail comes off the hitch pin or you drop the other end, big tangle results, hard to get it laid out straight again. Not to mention the false beat problem. Coils are much better.





Regards,
Fred Sturm
University of New Mexico
fssturm at unm.edu


 		 	   		  
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