Harpsichord keys and jacks: • Harpsichord keys and j...
making 3/8 " x 3/16" pear wood jacks for 17'th century harpsichord.
What I most enjoyed in making this instrument was cutting the jacks and key blanks from wooden boards that bore no resemblance to what they became.
Sawing the key blanks seemed a less laborious task than cutting and smoothing the jacks to accurately glide in their register grooves.
*By the way: whenever I see the longish black triangle with the thin white holly tongue that holds the plectrum that plucks its string I've been wanting to make certain that anyone who might be puzzled by that black triangle knows that it highlights the white holy tongue to make it more visible than if were photographed on naturally colourless wood.
Voicing plectra inserted into the Holly tongues. • Harpsichord Voicing
This video teaches how to voice by showing how it's done has been available since 2015.
21 окт 2024
