---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Thanks Dave! This is very helpful information. I was planing to use the SAT II. This is a duel manual keyboard. any=20 further advice would be appreciated? The customer said it was his Aunts and has not been tuned in 20=20 years... Oh boy... I'm tuning and replacing some strings on Saturday. Best, Aart On Feb 15, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Dave Smith wrote: > AArt, the harpsichords I have built and tuned have all had about zero=20= > inharmonicity.=A0 Octaves can be tuned easily with no "stretch" as in=20= > pianos.=A0 If you would take FAC inharmonicity readings with a SAT, = the=20 > numbers basically all come out to zero.=A0 Makes harpsichords a lot=20 > easier to tune than pianos. > =A0 > Dave Smith > SW FL >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Aart in America Piano Services >> To: Pianotech List >> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 10:52 AM >> Subject: Re: Harpsichord tuning >> >> Good morning Avery and to All, >> >> Many Thanks to you ALL. I truly appreciate your time and help. >> >> Avery, could you please explain the adjustable Keyboard procedure? >> >> Is it a knee lever or foot pedal that shifts the Keyboard and what is=20= >> its function? >> >> Pitch shift or dampening? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Aart >> >> PS any company recommendations for string purchase for this=20 >> instrument. >> >> >> On Feb 14, 2006, at 10:59 PM, Avery wrote: >> >>> Aart, >>> >>> No, your regular tuning hammer will not fit! However, I've done a=20 >>> lot of harpsichord tunings and have yet to know of one that didn't=20= >>> have a tuning hammer that came with it. Now, whether it's there or=20= >>> not when you get there to tune it is another story! :-) I ALWAYS=20 >>> make sure first! >>> >>> There's also two possibilities of tuning pins. One is the one which=20= >>> is similar to a regular piano tuning pin, except smaller! (Which I=20= >>> MUCH prefer!) The other is a rectangular type which needs a special=20= >>> tuning lever. We have one of those at the university and I DON'T=20 >>> like it! >>> >>> Thankfully, our Fortepiano reproduction has the "regular" tuning=20 >>> pin. Much easier to tune. IMO. >>> >>> BTW, make sure you know what pitch level they want (415 or 440). And=20= >>> what temperament? Is it an "adjustable" keyboard? Do you know how to=20= >>> shift it, if necessary? >>> >>> Tuning a harpsichord "can" be much more complicated than tuning a=20 >>> "normal" piano! :-) >>> >>> Avery >>> >>> At 07:51 PM 2/14/2006, you wrote: >>>> Hello All. >>>> >>>> I received a call to tune a Harpsichord (dual manual keyboard=20 >>>> Sperrhake Passau made in Germany). >>>> >>>> My First, will my tuning hammer fit the pins? if not I'll order the=20= >>>> correct tip or hammer. >>>> >>>> Any advice is greatly appreciated and thanks to ALL who responded=20= >>>> to my post regarding=A0 Bluthner tunings. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Aart >>>> >>>> Aart in America Piano Services >>>> Hoboken, N.J.=A0 07030 >>>> 201 406 2594 >>>> aartinamerica@optonline.net= ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 4085 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ac/48/7f/13/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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