Harpsichord - Baptism Under Fire

[PAT A RALPH]

Clark,

Re to my email about harpsichords... the plectrums have broken off on the
Baldwin and I am not aware of where to get material to replace same,

Ken Gerler KENNETH.GERLER@prodigy.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Clark <caccola@net1plus.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2000 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: Harpsichord - Baptism Under Fire


> Phil,
>
> You weren't tuning it with the pliers, were you?! @#$#, that would be like
those types
> tuning pianos with these things...a tuning handle is cheap.
>
> So who made this instrument, how many keyboards, registers, etc.? Wire is
obtainable,
> but so is knowledge and these things are pretty simple:
>
> Key levers in the middle
> Key end pushes up jack
> Plectrum plucks string*
> Jack drops when key is released, tongue flips back to reseat plectrum
> Damper damps
>
> *plectrum length and width is set in voicing, often these break and
sometimes they can
> be adjusted either with a set-screw or by pushing out the plectrum
slightly from the
> back. Some jacks are plastic and some are wood, some plectra are delrin,
others quill.
>
> end course.
>
> Clark
>