Warped Harpsicord Soundboard Fix

[Dave Smith]

Sorry, Avery,

Didn't  mean to drag you into action on this subject.  Just when I put
someone on a pedestal, it's kind of an all-purpose pedestal.  :)   Pianos
AND harpsichords.

Dave Smith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Avery Todd" <avery@ev1.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: Warped Harpsicord Soundboard Fix


> Hi Dave,
>
> Wow, where did this come from? All I do is tune a couple here at the
> university in a relatively well-controlled humidity environment! I
> know, I'm lucky. :-) And very rarely have to tune ET on it!
>
> Unfortunately, one of those is a Martin which has a tuning
> pin leaning so far forward (lowest F) that I'm worried about
> it coming out and hitting someone. But the maker will never
> respond to calls, etc., to come here and fix it and do some
> other needed work! I don't even know what material the
> pinblock is to think about doing a plug thing!
>
> Even the harpsichord guy in San Antonio has, so far, not
> responded to calls to do a good bit of work. I guess they
> both have too much to do! Sorry, I'm just not a harpsichord
> person but I'd think that the maker would be interested in
> preserving his reputation! Sorry I got on a tangent!
>
> Avery
>
> >I'd be interested from Avery on this subject, as he has much broader
> >experience with different harpsichords than I.
> >
> >Dave Smith
> >Bondi's Rookie
> >Pine Island FL
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 9:44 AM
> >Subject: Warped Harpsicord Soundboard Fix
> >
> >
> > > I ran across this doing a search for Damp-Chaser.
> > >
> > > Creative fixes for warped harpsicord soundboards can be found at:
> > >
>
>http://www.hubharp.com/technical%20articles/soundboard_warped_soundboards.h
t
> >m
> > >
> > > Two questions. What on earth is this guy talking about? And are
harpsicord
> >soundboards THAT much different than piano soundboards (isn't a
harpsicord
> >board made with some crown)?
> > >
> > > Terry Farrell
> > >
>
>
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