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Blog Posts
- Painting finally begins
- Soundboard Installation!
- Installing the Rose
- The Soundboard
- Adding the hook to the 8′ cherry Bridge
- 8′ cherry Bridge steamed, bent, clamped
- Bridges and Nuts
- Color/Paper samples for Harpsichord
- Soundboard joined and fitted
- Finally some new Harpsichord work
- Building a Flute & Whistle Library
- A Guitar Foot Stool
Pau Hana ‘Ukulele
Boston Balalaika
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Completing the Harpsichord Keyboard
Cleaned up the key frame, installed the green action felt and red felt punchings. Afterward realizing that once I installed the felt on the keys, it would cover up the key numbers and names, so wrote the numbers and note … Continue reading
Continuing progress toward a complete keyboard
Glued on all of the key heads and the tails to the key sticks, sanded and flushed all the edges, including the arcades to ensure that all parts are smooth and line up. Leveled all of the key heads and … Continue reading
Ordering some parts to continue
I ordered some of the needed parts from Lutz at The Instrument Workshop today: No. 1044 Jacks, 1 – $5.50 (this is just a test piece) No. 1051 Thick Damper Cloth, 40″, 1 – $3.50 No. 1181 Capstan Screws (package … Continue reading