I have the late Margaret Hood's Harpsichord book that is a good reference. These are still being offered in an ad in the classified section of The Journal. I've never strung a whole harpsichord though I've had to replace lots of broken strings on them. I've generally left +/- 14 inches of wire behind the pin and wrapped it around the pin while it's attached to the hitch pin. It seems about right. The loop is the most challenging thing to me. All of the harpsichords at SMU had the long English loop like most piano bass strings and getting a tight loop without breaking the wire was the tough part. I would have been much happier making German loops or even double German loops and if I were to have to string a whole instrument I'd probably go that route. I don't think of putting a string on a harpsichord as being more difficult than on a piano, just different. dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu<mailto:dporritt at smu.edu> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of D Marie Jones Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 3:00 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: [CAUT] harpsichord questions Hi everyone, I've never installed new strings on a harpsichord & have a few questions. . .if anyone could either explain the below or direct me to a resource(s), that would be most appreciated: 1. What is the standard amount of string you leave beyond the pin to end up with the perfect amount of wraps? 2. Is the process for stringing a harpsichord the same as a piano? Or are there hidden tricks that would be helpful to know in advance? 3. What is the best source for harpsichord string? thank you-----D D Marie Jones, RPT Kalamazoo College 269-383-0620 269-806-4067 (cell) ________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up now.<http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100217/9e0ecd36/attachment-0001.htm>
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