Harpsichord Tuning Info.

[John Ross]

Thank you for the information.
I thought on starting out, that their was a need for this service, which has 
proved wrong, as well as many other things I started.
The wire I have should be good enough for temporary fixes, on any I may do.
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Snyder" <ldsnyder at dcn.davis.ca.us>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: Harpsichord Tuning Info.


> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:05:02 -0300, John Ross wrote:
>>> Luckily, I have some of the proper wire.
>>> I got it from Tuner's Supply, so I think I have had it for a while.:-)
>
> John,
>
>    Tuner's Supply provided modern hard wire in harpsichord sizes while
> they were still in business. Many, if not most, makers since then have
> been using wire metalurgically more akin to that of the 18th century.
> This latter is available from Hubbard, Malcolm Rose, or The Instrument
> Workshop, among others. You don't want to mix them if you can help it.
>
> Even the lower strings are often a different make-up than the yellow
> brass of the TS era, some using phosphor bronze while others employ red
> and yellow brass depending on the scale.
>
> Larry Snyder
> Davis, CA
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