That might be possible. The strings themselves weren't very clear. It's only on the string windings around the tuning pins that I noticed it wasn't yellow brass. The color does indeed match that of phosphor bronze. Isn't that a relic from the past?
I've already dropped a hint to the owner that some restringing might work wonders on the sound of his instrument.

Greetings,

Chris.

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Van: Harpsichords and Related Topics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Andrew Bernard
Verzonden: maandag 3 april 2017 14:58
Aan: [log in to unmask]
Onderwerp: Re: Harpsichord in red brass?

Hi Chris,

It's not the dreaded phosphor bronze by any chance?

Andrew


On 3 April 2017 at 22:51, Chris Vandekerkhove <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:

>
> I asked a second person to confirm that it was indeed red brass. The 
> instrument was built in 1996. One would think that a better knowledge 
> of stringing was present at that time. The smallest diameter is 0.21. 
> I don't know if even Malcolm Rose makes such small diameters in red brass.
>

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