Harpsichord Voicing

[harpsi8]

Very helpful , I tried rounding the end as you recommended ,Worked well

on plastic and well on crow feathers.

All the best to you

[blueslystone]

Enormously helpful. I just recently switched from piano to harpsichord and am having a rough time with maintenance and voicing. I will try your techniques first thing tomorrow!

[SFChristo]

Thank for this. I am going to try your way. Right now I HATE making a new plectra!

[yohrdzayr]

thank you very much for posting this, mr. Haugsand.

very well done and amazingly helpfull!!!!

[JLeeGraham]

Good God...is that all there is to it? Why have I been so afraid of this for so long? I bought a full set of new jacks from Klop (the manufacturer of my bentside spinet), and I've been petrified to try voicing them. Thanks to you, this will be fun, not scary! :D

[earlymusicus]

Thank you so much, Herr Haugsand! Now I'll be able to voice my Sperrhake harpsichord. I'm excited! Sincerely, Kathy Handyside

[cembalaro]

Dear Simpsongolfanelli -

Your suggestion of a transcript and some additional documentation in pdf is of course something that I should think seriously about - and will - when I make a new - and not so 'raw' version - of this little snippet on voicing!

In any case - your own experience will help you and learning-by-doing is the only way you can improve in this, extremely un-exact science called harpsichord voicing..!!

Very best of luck - very best greetings!!

Cembalaro

[Simpsongolfanelli]

Many many thanks for sharing this. Marvellous! This will help me on voicing my new Zuckermann Virginal. The plectra are on Delrin, and I have some plectra as spare parts, but I need to cut it a little... have you a transcript of your suggestions? My english is poor... or some additional documentation in pdf?

[peterwilson69]

Thanks and cheers from Canberra.

[wejnnjulie2]

Thank you. That was very helpful.

[Skinnylinny237]

cembalaro... is that Esperanto?

[barokkanersjef]

Blåcembalo'n vekker hyggelige minner, Ketil!! Ikke dårlig med 1305 seere. Hva med å spille litt for oss?

[Ribozyme]

Excellent video, very well done and very informative. I love the clavicembalo and aspire to one day own one.

It would be great if you posted more videos like this on harpsichord maintenance, playing and maybe construction.

[anonimoalfin]

Thank you! :) This was VERY helpful! Today after 3 hours study I got a damaged quill (I work everyday on a smoother touch but I panic a lot with plectra and strings replacement, and sometimes this tend to affect my playing). Though I'm using now a little italian model (just 2x8) and the plectra is much smaller I think it's the same principle. This was REALLY helpful indeed!! You should post one on string replacement! ;]

[jness2000]

Very good and interesting, Ketil! Although I don't know much about harpsichords, unfortunately...

[cembalaro]

This very 'raw' and 'live' replacement of the tob b-flat quill on my blue 'Dulcken' harpsichord was made on the fly - literally, with the knife in one hand and the camera in the other...

Snippet mainly meant for the members of the Harsichord - Cembalo - Clavecin group in Facebook - but of course welcome to any one interested. Please, bear over with the 'simple-ness' of this 'first attempt'... perhaps I will indeed follow up with something more sofiticated in the future.!