I'm in there and understand Anne's point. But some of us have to provide service because there is no one else around. As I was putting one church's harpsichord in playing order for a Messiah performance, I was told that a local university sold their harpsichord because their piano technician(s) refused to service it. They use an electonic keyboard, instead. I could hardly believe my ears--first, that a techncian would be unwilling to provide necessary service to an institution (I mean, really, it's part of the job) and second, that the university would would be bullied so. If I could find some room in my house and clone myself so I'd have time to do the work, I'd like to find one of those unfinished or repairable Z boxes out there that someone would like to unload (for free, of course). Barbara Richmond, RPT near Peoria, Illinois ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 7:21 AM Subject: Re: Harpsichord Tuning Info. > Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: >> Richard Brekne wrote: >>> I'm curious. >>> >>> How many of you who dabble a bit in Harpsichord / Cembalo work do any >>> voicing or regulation work on them ? >>> >>> RicB >> >> >> Well, I dabble a bit. In fact, the clavecin is one of the items on my >> resume which got me this college job. Orgel didn't hurt, either. > > > Just came back from doing the first pass on one of the doubles (Z-French > double), here. Hadn't been tuned since May. > > Typical for that interval over a wet summer (and still wet fall). > - One string in bottom octave of 4' broken. > - 8' A4 @ 456Hz > - 8' A5 @ 460Hz > - 8' A6 @ 470Hz(highest I could measure on my Korg) > - 4' A6 @ +125¢ > > > > Back to plinking... > -- > Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician > Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 > 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 > > - There comes a time in every man's life and I've had plenty of them. > - Casey Stengel
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