On the subject of strings. I have completely restored a harpsichord with a 16'choir and most of those strings are wound. They are very small with very small windings. I asked Mapes and they would not bother with it. I sent away to Neupert for strings, but when I put them on the windings not spaced right and were long enough to go past the pressure bar. This was not like the old ones I sent them. I had them replace them once and the other set was better but not great. I found that man of them broke before I got them up to pitch. The pressure bar was also separating the windings when the string went over it. Does any of the string makers here wish to make me a set of Harpsichord 16' strings? This is a John Feldberg harpsichord from 1966. It was unplayable by 1977 and is now completely reconstructed and works very well. D.L. Bullock www.thepianoworld.com St. Louis
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