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Re: Bridge Pin Depth
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JOHN BRODSKY <[log in to unmask]>
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JOHN BRODSKY <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 7 Apr 2016 16:27:59 +0000
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Hi Andrew. I'd be cautious before crediting the English makers on this. Larger bass pins are an intuitive leap, but intuition is not always to be trusted..Perhaps larger treble pins are better.  In the history of the English makers a case in point might be made with regard to the bracing on those of their surviving instruments which suffer cheek disease. About 40 years ago I sat at a garden party with Willard Martin celebrating the delivery of one of his harpsichords and I asked him about the cheek disease suffered by my six year old instrument - which I had made, using intuition, after my start with the indestructible "obligatory  Z-box".. When I explained what I had done he informed me that treble bracing is "counter intuitive".
John

      From: Andrew Bernard <[log in to unmask]>
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 Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 11:24 AM
 Subject: Re: Bridge Pin Depth
   
Not only that, but I believe there is evidence that various English makers such as Kirkman and Shudi use graded diameter pins with ever so slightly increasing sizes in the bass. This is what I am told.

Andrew


On 7/04/2016, 23:03, "Harpsichords and Related Topics on behalf of David Jensen" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:

Keep in mind that our bridge pins are also piano action centre pins, and
are available in different diameters, in case your holes turn out to be a
bit not snug enough.


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