Harpsichord question

[Phil Frankenberg]

On th e harpsichords and clavichords I have worked on the coils sort of
spiral down the pin to maybe a quarter inch or less from the block. What are
the coils like on your instrument.

Phil Frankenberg
CSU Chico, Ca.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Avery Todd" <avery@ev1.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: Harpsichord question


> 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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