Sasha
Yes, I'm sure you'll be fine with a .45" spacing. I'm not sure of the Creek rules, but if you Google Miller Harpsichord you can get to my website where my contact info is listed.
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Sasha
Yes, I'm sure you'll be fine with a .45" spacing. I'm not sure of the Creek rules, but if you Google Miller Harpsichord you can get to my website where my contact info is listed.
Sasha,
I've been building harpsichords for 39 years so perhaps I can offer my 2 cents on the subject. I think your worries about the strength of your proposed pinblock are unwarranted. The biggest...
Two years is nothing. I got an email last month from someone who purchased my book on harpsichord building. He started building his harpsichord (not the one described in my book) in 1987 - he just...
Actually his first name is Alan - very inventive guy!
I've been using Minwax poly for years. Minwax says the poly in the new can design is the same as it's always been. I tried the "new poly" and it doesn't feel the same to me. It seems thinner - like...
I think most people wonder how people fall for the various scams that are around (eg. Crown Prince from Algeria, etc.) It seems improbable that anyone would fall victim to these crooks. That said,...
In the early 1990's I worked for Baldwin and was the tuner for all of the Baldwin artists who gave concerts in my area. Liberace was one of them.
Sometime in the 1980's, the cost of moving one of...
When I was a senior in high school I was a member of the All-City High School chorus. Members from all five boroughs of New York would rehearse every Saturday morning fro 9:00am to noon at a high...
I did exactly that - a music box shaped like a Steinway grand. Great project, but very time consuming. The music plays when you push down on the keys, and stops when you lift your fingers off the...
I'm sure I posted this in a previous similar thread, but please don't cut the strings off. Spend a few bucks and get a tuning hammer. Loosen every other string from bottom to top - then go back and...
Try these folks.
George - believe it or not, whenever I get into a similar funk I watch your four videos on harpsichord and violin making. I've always found them inspiring and still do. Glad you're doing well.
I had the same problem with a Jet 10/20. As Pete said, Jet replaced the parts under warranty. I haven't had any problems with the new parts in the three years since I installed them, but I still...
Andrew - the commercially available plans for this instrument have the layout for the original 45 note compass and the expanded 51 note version. Using CAD software, I expanded the width of the case...
Hi all,
Thought I would post some pictures of harpsichords I've built in 2019.
The first is an instrument of my own design. It is meant for people who have no need for an instrument with all...
You're right! I never use them for shellac - they disintegrate in a few seconds. I think all foam brushes do the same.
I use them quite a bit. The best I have found are Jen foam brushes. They hold up to oil based liquids better than any other foam brush I have tried, and they do have the internal plastic spine. Under...
They now take credit cards as well.
+1 on Condon's. When we lived in NY we were a 20 minute drive from them. They have everything! - and the quality is top notch. Now that we live in NC, I still go up there a couple of times a year to...
Yup, but those days are over. Liberace was under contract with Baldwin and they supplied the pianos for his concerts. He did, however, travel with a plexiglass lid which was used in place of the...
I do think we're getting close to hijacking this thread. I'd love to talk to you more about miniature pianos, but perhaps we should do it by PM as I doubt our conversation would be of much interest...
Mel - years ago, my chapter of the Piano Technicians Guild was invited to Steinway Hall to meet with Franz Mohr, the head technician at Steinway. The highlight of the meeting was a tour of the...
No, I don't have a Steinway. I have a 6' Young Chang. I drew up the plans myself by taking the overall dimension of a concert grand and figuring out the rest. I took some pictures of the piano plate...
Darn! - You figured it out. Still, getting that full-sized piano onto the bench was tough.:)
Thanks John. It was a fun and challenging project. I toyed with the idea of making the entire 88 note keyboard, but I knew that would be beyond my ability level - each key would be too small for me...