The instrument works. It's playable, the action is reliable, and it even sounds pretty good for a first attempt.
So, with that said, I declare this blog finished, apart from a few final posts to summarize things I've learned, present a few concluding thoughts, display a slideshow of all photos of the construction process, plus (soon) a few audio tracks of the instrument being played.
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A professional musician's foray into making an instrument from scratch.
Labels
- arcade (1)
- audio examples (1)
- axle (4)
- backrail (1)
- balance pin (4)
- balance rail (3)
- balancing (1)
- baseboard (6)
- belly rail (2)
- bentside (3)
- bottom (6)
- bridge (3)
- bridge pin (2)
- case (6)
- cheek (1)
- chipping (1)
- dampers (3)
- downbearing (1)
- easing (1)
- gap spacers (2)
- gauge (2)
- head stop (2)
- hitch pin (3)
- hitch pin loop (1)
- horse (3)
- jack (6)
- jackrail (3)
- kerfing (1)
- key frame (3)
- key panel (2)
- keyboard (22)
- knee (4)
- legs (2)
- levelling (1)
- liner (4)
- marking jack (1)
- marking out (3)
- molding (11)
- mortise (4)
- nameboard (1)
- nut (2)
- nut pin (1)
- pinblock (3)
- plectrum (4)
- quill (3)
- rack (4)
- reaming (1)
- register (4)
- ribs (1)
- rose (2)
- scale (4)
- sidebearing (2)
- soundboard (9)
- spine (2)
- spine window (2)
- spring (2)
- stand (2)
- steaming (2)
- stringing (4)
- tail (2)
- tongue (7)
- transposition (1)
- tuning (1)
- voicing (4)
- wrestplank (3)
About Me
- Trasuntino
- I am a professional harpsichordist in a major Canadian city, working as a freelance performer and church musician. Instrument maintenance such as tuning and regulation is also of interest to me and provides occasional extra income. The idea for this project came to me in February 2007 when I realized that my experience with instrument maintenance put me a step closer to making an instrument, as some maintenance techniques such as replacing quills or strings are part of making a new instrument. After that, the thought of making an instrument began to seem a logical, if not inevitable, extension of my maintenance skills.
3 comments:
Congratulations! I've been following your progress for quite a while and learned a lot from it.
Sharon
Dear Borys,
I learned a lot as well. Thank you for all the work you took describing what you were doing.
Stay in touch
Michael from Germany
This blog is an indispensable guide for anyone considering making a harpsichord - thank you for documenting the entire process so thoroughly!
William
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