> From: Robert Murphy <rmurphy at oberlin.edu> > Date: February 21, 2010 3:02:55 PM EST > To: Donald McKechnie <dmckech at ithaca.edu> > Subject: Fwd: Zuckermann harps. > > Hi Don, > > Interesting you should think of this... Last January Term (Winter > Term here at Oberlin) we built 6 clavichords with a group of about a > dozen students. Richard Auber, owner of Zuckermann Harps. came out > to get us going with the first week of the month-long project and I > took it to completion. Perhaps he could do something similar with > your class. I couldn't speak more highly of Richard as a teacher > and craftsman to work with. I can talk with you more about this > later. > > All best, > Robert > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert A. Murphy > Piano Technician & Curator of Fortepianos > Oberlin Conservatory of Music > cell: 517.285.3269 > shop: 440.775.8275 >> >> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>> Subject: [CAUT] harpsichord class >>> From: Donald McKechnie <dmckech at ithaca.edu> >>> Date: Thu, February 18, 2010 4:25 pm >>> To: caut at ptg.org >>> >>> >>> List, >>> >>> Our dean donated a Zuckermann kit to the school. He got it years ago >>> and never found the time to tackle the project. The harpsichord >>> professor and I had a talked recently about how and when to put this >>> kit together. We came up with the idea of offering a one time class >>> that would cover building the kit along with construction theory, >>> history, etc. We would team teach the class. It looks like we will >>> be >>> allowed to offer this class during the Spring 2011 semester. >>> >>> I'm wondering if anybody out there has done a similar project? If >>> so, >>> I'd like to pick your brain a bit. Any other comments and >>> suggestions >>> welcome. We hope to put together an outline of the class within the >>> next several weeks. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Don >>> >>> Donald McKechnie >>> Piano Technician >>> Ithaca College >>> dmckech at ithaca.edu >>> 607.274.3908 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100221/8a10f303/attachment.htm>
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