Harpsichord question

[Phil Frankenberg]

I don't know about optimum height, but if thie harpsichord has a "4ft" rank
of strings, the pins for those strings need to be high enough that you don't
interfere with the "8ft" strings when you tune. I hope this is helpful.

Phil Frankenberg
CSU Chico, Ca.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Avery Todd" <avery@ev1.net>
To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Cc: "Susan Kline" <skline@peak.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 1:40 PM
Subject: Harpsichord question


> List,
>
> Is there an optimum height for tuning pins on a harpsichord?
> We have a Phillips, which is fine. But we also have a Martin
> which is not! The Martin pins "look" a lot longer than the
> Phillips but I'm not sure right now.
>
> As of today, I have about 15+ tuning pins which are obviously
> leaning waaaay forward on the Martin! I've already had one which
> got so bad, it was no longer tunable. The fix was to remove the
> pin and drive it in deeper and straighter. IMHO, I shouldn't be
> having to do that with 15+ more pins! Should they all be driven
> deeper to prevent this from continually happening?
>
> A related question is should I check on how deep the holes are
> or are they drilled all the way through like a grand? I've never
> checked (yet) but I guess I'm going to have to but in the meantime,
> can someone more experienced than me give me some "clues"? Right
> now, I'm clueless! :-)
>
> Thanks.
> Avery
>
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