Harpsichord question

[Avery Todd]

Phil,

Thanks for the post. The 4' has nothing to do with the 8' that I was asking
about. It just seems that the 8' tuning pins are way too high or else why
would I be having this problem?

Avery

At 04:30 PM 4/17/04, you wrote:
>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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