Harpsichord question

[Avery Todd]

Phil,

The coils are fine. It's the overall height of the tuning pin above the
pin block I'm asking about. Thanks.

Avery

At 07:15 PM 4/17/04, you wrote:
>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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